[Monday, September 1, 2008] The 2008 Lowell Thomas Awards Dinner: "Exploring Earth from Above" will be held on Thursday, October 16, 2008 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. Three astronauts and three pilots will be honored.

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[Monday, September 1, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Labor Day - off duty for CDR Volkov, FE-1 Kononenko & FE-2 Chamitoff. Underway: Week 20 of Increment 17.

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[Tuesday, September 2, 2008] Managers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., will closely follow Tropical Storm Hanna to determine when would be the best time this week to move space shuttle Atlantis to its launch pad.

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[Tuesday, September 2, 2008] The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) today appointed Dr. Steve MacLean as President of the CSA.

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[Tuesday, September 2, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. FE-1 Kononenko finished up the installation of ATV PCE (Automated Transfer Vehicle/Proximity Communications Equipment.

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[Wednesday, September 3, 2008] Many people have heard of Space Tourism, Space Commercialization and Space industrialization, but now there's Space Sportilization - the intersection of space, sports and entertainment.

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[Wednesday, September 3, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Wednesday, September 3, 2008] When Richard Garriott is in space, he plans to take photographs of the Earth, many of which will replicate some of the photographs his father, astronaut Dr. Owen Garriott took 35 years ago on Skylab.

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[Wednesday, September 3, 2008] Space shuttle Atlantis is tentatively scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 10 a.m. EDT, on Thursday, Sept. 4.

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[Wednesday, September 3, 2008] The residents of the International Space Station will receive a new shipment of food, fuel and supplies next week. NASA Television will broadcast its arrival live.

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[Thursday, September 4, 2008] "To all those folks who love the shuttle as I do and have written in to say keep flying the old bird: my heart is with you but my mind says otherwise."

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[Thursday, September 4, 2008] CDR Volkov serviced the Russian BMP (Harmful Impurities Removal System), starting the "bake-out"-to-vacuum cycle on absorbent bed #2 of the regenerable dual-channel filtration system.

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[Friday, September 5, 2008] NASA has adjusted the target launch dates for the two remaining space shuttle missions in 2008. Shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission is targeted for Oct. 10, while Endeavour's STS-126 supply mission to the International Space Station has moved to Nov. 12.

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[Friday, September 5, 2008] Challenger Center for Space Science Education is pleased to announce that Teacher in Space Christa McAuliffe's original lessons are now available for teachers on the Challenger Center website.

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[Friday, September 5, 2008] The hardware that will be flown aboard space shuttle Atlantis' upcoming mission to NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, or HST, will be available for media viewing at the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, Sept. 10.

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[Friday, September 5, 2008] We initiated this review in response to a complaint alleging that personnel at ATK did not follow proper reporting procedures subsequent to an incident involving the handling and movement of a rocket segment..

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[Friday, September 5, 2008] An unpiloted ISS Progress 29 cargo craft, filled with trash and unneeded items, departs from the Earth-facing port of the International Space Station's Zarya module at 2:47 p.m. (CDT) on Sept. 1, 2008.

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[Friday, September 5, 2008] An unpiloted ISS Progress 29 cargo craft, filled with trash and unneeded items, departs from the Earth-facing port of the International Space Station's Zarya module at 2:47 p.m. (CDT) on Sept. 1, 2008.

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[Friday, September 5, 2008] The ATV has now embarked on the last leg of its journey in space, which will end with a controlled destructive re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere on 29 September.

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[Friday, September 5, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Saturday, September 6, 2008] ATV Adieu: At 5:31pm EDT last evening, ATV1 "Jules Verne" successfully undocked from the ISS Service Module (SM) aft port, with Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko standing by to monitor separation maneuvers and telemetry parameters.

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[Sunday, September 7, 2008] "I'm sorry. You're not going to like what I have to say here. There isn't much that I will say below that I Like either, but I'll give you the best analysis that my brain can produce."

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[Monday, September 8, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Monday, September 8, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 21 of Increment 17.

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[Monday, September 8, 2008] Richard Garriott, the next civilian to fly into space and son of NASA's Skylab Astronaut Owen Garriott plans to take up where Educator Astronaut Barbara Morgan left off to inspire the next generation.

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[Monday, September 8, 2008] NASA will host a teleconference Wednesday, Sept. 10, no earlier than 6 p.m. EDT, to discuss the conclusion of the Ares I rocket preliminary design review.

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[Monday, September 8, 2008] A new space experiment rack under development by NASA KSC and Space Florida will undergo initial tests this week. The rack will fly aboard NASA's first commercially-provided research flights on Zero Gravity Corporation's reduced gravity aircraft.

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[Tuesday, September 9, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Tuesday, September 9, 2008] The Soyuz-U launch vehicle with Progress M-65 transport vehicle has been installed on the launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome.

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[Tuesday, September 9, 2008] The Conrad Foundation announces the launch of their 2008 Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Awards. Teams of high school students across the nation are invited to compete in this innovative program.

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[Tuesday, September 9, 2008] Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has been granted an Operational License by the US Air Force for the use of Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on the Florida coast.

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[Wednesday, September 10, 2008] Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) recently sent a letter to National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator Michael Griffin expressing concern about how the recent competition for the new Constellation Space Suit System was executed.

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[Wednesday, September 10, 2008] ll ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Wednesday, September 10, 2008] NASA has taken a major step toward building the nation's next generation launch vehicle with Wednesday's successful completion of the Ares I rocket preliminary design review.

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[Thursday, September 11, 2008] NASA's Johnson Space Center will close at noon CDT Thursday and remain closed until the threat of Hurricane Ike has passed.

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[Thursday, September 11, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Thursday, September 11, 2008] This picture of Hurricane Ike from earlier today was downlinked by the crew of the International Space Station, flying 220 statute miles above Earth.

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[Thursday, September 11, 2008] Hurricane Ike has delayed the scheduled Friday arrival of a Russian Progress cargo ship at the International Space Station 220 miles above Earth.

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[Friday, September 12, 2008] NASA needs Congress to provide legislative extension allowing purchase of Russian Soyuz crew vehicles to support astronauts on the ISS by October 2008 or else NASA will have no choice but to de-crew all U.S. astronauts from the ISS in 2012.

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[Friday, September 12, 2008] Richard Garriott, the next civilian to fly into space and son of NASA's Skylab Astronaut Owen Garriott plans to talk to students through live video and audio downlinks during his upcoming October flight to the International Space Station.

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[Friday, September 12, 2008] Space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Thursday, Sept. 18, in preparation for shuttle Atlantis' mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

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[Friday, September 12, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Sunday, September 14, 2008] NASA-JSC/MCC-Houston is closed. Control of ISS USOS (US Segment) operations has been transferred to the BCC (Backup Control Center) at MSFC-Huntsville.

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[Sunday, September 14, 2008] Sunday - off-duty day for CDR Volkov, FE-1 Kononenko & FE-2 Chamitoff. Ahead: Week 22 of Increment 17.

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[Sunday, September 14, 2008] In May 2009, ESA astronaut Frank De Winne, of Belgian nationality and a member of the European Astronaut Corps, will fly to the International Space Station for a six-month mission. ESA is holding a competition to find a name for the mission.

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[Sunday, September 14, 2008] Journalists are invited to join a group of Las Vegas students who have "struck it rich" on Wednesday, Sept. 17. These lucky students will chat with NASA's Expedition 17 astronauts aboard the International Space Station from 11:15 a.m. to 11:35 a.m. PDT.

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[Monday, September 15, 2008] NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston remains closed and likely will be limited to recovery operations for the next week. Johnson may not be open for normal operations until the week of Sept. 21.

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[Monday, September 15, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Monday, September 15, 2008] What happens when you block an opponent on Mars, leap for a reception on the Moon, or throw a tight spiral on the space station? Students can test and predict the physics of these sports moves in space through a new on-line game.

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[Wednesday, September 17, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Wednesday, September 17, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Thursday, September 18, 2008] NASA'S Johnson Space Center in Houston is scheduled to reopen Monday, Sept. 22, ending its closure related to Hurricane Ike. Johnson shut down Sept. 11 as Ike approached the Texas coast.

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[Thursday, September 18, 2008] NASA OIG conducted this audit to determine whether the FY 2008 budget for the Constellation Program was prepared in accordance with OMB and NASA policy and whether the CxP budget request was supported by well-documented cost estimates.

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[Thursday, September 18, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Crew wake-up time remained shifted forward by one hour (3:00am); sleeptime tonight is back on regular (5:30pm) as will be tomorrow's schedule.

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[Friday, September 19, 2008] For the first time since July 2001, two shuttles are on the launch pads at the same time at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Space shuttle Endeavour completed a 4.2-mile journey to Launch Pad 39B on Friday, Sept. 19, at 5:59 a.m. CDT.

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[Friday, September 19, 2008] ost-Hurricane Ike Update: JSC/MCC-H operations will be handed back to Houston later today after the Progress thruster tests. JSC will open officially for business on 9/22 (Monday).

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[Saturday, September 20, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday - light duty day for CDR Volkov, FE-1 Kononenko & FE-2 Chamitoff.

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[Sunday, September 21, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday - off-duty day for CDR Volkov, FE-1 Kononenko & FE-2 Chamitoff. Last day of Summer! Ahead: Week 23 of Increment 17.

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[Monday, September 22, 2008] What's a NASA astronaut doing "flying" a submarine around in a lake in British Columbia? Getting ready for human exploration of the moon.

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[Monday, September 22, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Tuesday, September 23, 2008] The work of the next International Space Station residents will be previewed in a briefing broadcast on NASA Television at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 25.

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[Tuesday, September 23, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Wednesday, September 24, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Wednesday, September 24, 2008] The target launch date for space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope has been reset to Oct. 14 at 10:19 p.m. EDT. A news conference is scheduled for Oct. 3, at KSC to announce an official launch date.

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[Wednesday, September 24, 2008] Today the House extended the waiver to INKSNA from January 1, 2012 to July 1, 2016, which will allow NASA to continue to purchase needed ISS-related goods and services from the Russians.

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[Wednesday, September 24, 2008] A group of astronomers from NASA, ESA and other institutions will take to the skies to observe the re-entry of ESA's "Jules Verne" ATV as it falls back to Earth from the International Space Station on Sept. 29, 2008.

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[Thursday, September 25, 2008] In conjunction with the upcoming space shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA Education has launched a new Web site with resources for educators.

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[Thursday, September 25, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Friday, September 26, 2008] It will be Earth vs. space in a unique chess match, and you can help Earth win. NASA and the U.S. Chess Federation are teaming up to host the first public chess match between ISS astronaut Greg Chamitoff and the inhabitants of the Earth.

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[Friday, September 26, 2008] Richard Garriott, the next civilian to fly into space and son of NASA's Skylab Astronaut Owen Garriott, plans to talk to students through live amateur radio downlinks during his October flight to the International Space Station.

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[Friday, September 26, 2008] Conversations between astronauts aboard the International Space Station and flight controllers on the ground now are available for the public to hear live, 24 hours a day, seven days a week on NASA's Web site

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[Friday, September 26, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Saturday, September 27, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Sunday, September 28, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Monday, September 29, 2008] NASA will host a media teleconference at 6 p.m. EDT today to discuss a significant Hubble Space Telescope anomaly that occurred this weekend affecting the storage and transmittal of science data to Earth.

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