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April 2009 International Space Station Top Stories
»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 1 April 2009
[Wednesday, April 1, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA Brings Orion Spacecraft Mock-Up To Kennedy Space Center
[Wednesday, April 1, 2009] NASA will showcase its next-generation spacecraft and water landing testing, which will return humans to the moon, during two media events in April.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 2 April 2009
[Thursday, April 2, 2009] Day 6 of joint E18/19 operations for CDR Fincke, CDR-19 Padalka, FE-1 Lonchakov, FE-1-19 Barratt, FE-2 Wakata, and SFP Simonyi.
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»» NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis At Launch Pad For Hubble Mission
[Friday, April 3, 2009] After safely reaching its launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis now awaits liftoff for its target May 12 STS-125 mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.
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»» NASA Updates TV Coverage of Next Soyuz Landing
[Friday, April 3, 2009] NASA Television will air the landing of the Expedition 18 crew and a visiting spaceflight participant on Wednesday, April 8.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 3 April 2009
[Monday, April 6, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 4 April 2009
[Monday, April 6, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 5 April 2009
[Monday, April 6, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA Astronaut Tweets Provide Inside Look at Mission Training
[Monday, April 6, 2009] NASA astronaut Mike Massimino is using Twitter to provide a unique, behind the scenes peek at the last weeks of his training for the fifth and final shuttle servicing mission to NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
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»» Media Invited To Cover Endeavour Rollover On April 10
[Monday, April 6, 2009] Media are invited to cover space shuttle Endeavour's scheduled move from Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 2 to the Vehicle Assembly Building on Friday, April 10 at NASA's KSC for its upcoming STS-127 mission to the International Space Station.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 6 April 2009
[Tuesday, April 7, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» Astronauts may need more intense workouts to maintain muscle fitness in space
[Tuesday, April 7, 2009] A new study in the The Journal of Applied Physiology, suggests that astronauts need to modify their workouts to avoid extensive muscle loss during missions onboard the International Space Station (ISS).
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»» Picture Perfect Soyuz Landing in Kazakhstan
[Wednesday, April 8, 2009] Two members of the 18th crew to live and work aboard the International Space Station and a spaceflight participant returned to Earth at 2:16 a.m. CDT Wednesday.
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»» NASA Selects Material for Orion Spacecraft Heat Shield
[Wednesday, April 8, 2009] NASA has chosen the material for a heat shield that will protect a new generation of space explorers when they return from the moon. After extensive study, NASA has selected the Avcoat ablator system for the Orion crew module.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 7 April 2009
[Thursday, April 9, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 8 April 2009
[Thursday, April 9, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA to Announce New Space Station Module Name April 14
[Friday, April 10, 2009] The agency plans to make the announcement with the help of Expedition 14 and 15 astronaut Sunita "Suni" Williams on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report." The program will air at 11:30 p.m. EDT.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 9 April 2009
[Saturday, April 11, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 10 April 2009
[Saturday, April 11, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 11 April 2009
[Saturday, April 11, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» Pararescuemen conduct water test of new NASA capsule
[Sunday, April 12, 2009] Six pararescuemen from Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., conducted recovery testing on a mockup of NASA's next-generation spacecraft March 8 at the Trident Turn Basin here.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 12 April 2009
[Sunday, April 12, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA New Space Station Module Name Honors Apollo 11 Anniversary
[Tuesday, April 14, 2009] The International Space Station module formerly known as Node 3 has a new name. After more than a million online responses, the node will be called "Tranquility."
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 21 April 2009
[Thursday, April 23, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 22 April 2009
[Thursday, April 23, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» SpaceX Reaches Milestone as Draco Thurster Succesfully Completes Qualification Testing
[Thursday, April 23, 2009] Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) successfully completed a rigorous qualification of its new Draco spacecraft thruster and Draco propulsion tank at the SpaceX Test Facility in McGregor, Texas.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 23 April 2009
[Thursday, April 23, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 24 April 2009
[Friday, April 24, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 25 April 2009
[Sunday, April 26, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday – half-duty day for CDR Padalka, FE-1 Barratt, FE-2 Wakata.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 26 April 2009
[Monday, April 27, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday – off-duty day for CDR Padalka, FE-1 Barratt, FE-2 Wakata. Ahead: Week 4 of Increment 19.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 27 April 2009
[Monday, April 27, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 4 of Increment 19.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 28 April 2009
[Tuesday, April 28, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 29 April 2009
[Wednesday, April 29, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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