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August 2008 International Space Station Top Stories
»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 31 July 2008
[Friday, August 1, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 1 August 2008
[Friday, August 1, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» SpaceX: First 9 Engine Firing of Falcon 9 Launch Vehicle
[Friday, August 1, 2008] SpaceX conducted the first nine engine firing of its Falcon 9 launch vehicle at its Texas Test Facility outside McGregor on July 31st. A second firing on August 1st completed a major NASA COTS milestone almost two months early.
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»» Obama Reverses Campaign Stance on Constellation Cuts
[Saturday, August 2, 2008] During a campaign appearance in Titusville, Sen. Obama said that there had been some earlier campaign statements to the effect that "we were talking about delaying aspects of the Constellation program" to pay for education.
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»» SpaceX Sets August 2 for Falcon 1 launch
[Saturday, August 2, 2008] Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has scheduled the launch of the Falcon 1 Flight 3 mission for Saturday, August 2nd. The launch window will open at 4:00 p.m. (PDT) / 7:00 p.m. (EDT) and remain open for five hours
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»» SpaceX Falcon Flight Ends Prematurely During Ascent
[Saturday, August 2, 2008] The third attempt by SpaceX to launch its Falcon 1 rocket failed this evening several minutes into its flight.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 2 August 2008
[Sunday, August 3, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 3 August 2008
[Sunday, August 3, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA OIG Audit of International Space Station Contracts Government Cost and Price Analyses
[Monday, August 4, 2008] Our review of the four ISS contract files showed that 17 of 35 modifications, which may consist of several negotiated contract actions, had all documentation necessary to allow us to verify NASA's position on rates used..
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»» NASA JSC Center Closing Announcement
[Monday, August 4, 2008] JSC will close at noon today (except for those employees completing critical closure activities in advance of Tropical Storm Edouard). The center will remain closed tomorrow, Aug. 5, and will resume normal operations on Wednesday, Aug. 6.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 4 August 2008
[Monday, August 4, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 16 of Increment 17.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 5 August 2008
[Wednesday, August 6, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA Orion Parachute Test Vehicle Fails Drop Test
[Wednesday, August 6, 2008] All but one of the 18 parachutes inflated. The parachute responsible for getting the mockup to the correct test conditions - called a programmer chute - did not inflate during the test. As a result, the test failed.
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»» SpaceX Determines Cause of Falcon 1 Launch Failure
[Wednesday, August 6, 2008] According to Elon Musk: "We have a definitive understanding of what went wrong on Flight 3. The problem was due to a design error not a production or quality assurance issue. The thrust transient was longer than it was for the prior flight."
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 6 August 2008
[Wednesday, August 6, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 7 August 2008
[Friday, August 8, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» External Tank Ships from New Orleans Facility for Florida
[Friday, August 8, 2008] Space shuttle external fuel tank ET-129 was rolled out at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans Aug. 6 and loaded onto an enclosed barge for a five-day sea journey to NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
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»» NASA TV to Air Interviews With Hubble Servicing Astronauts
[Friday, August 8, 2008] NASA Television will air interviews with each of the seven astronauts who will fly to the Hubble Space Telescope beginning at 8 a.m. EDT, on Monday, Aug. 11.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 8 August 2008
[Friday, August 8, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» Internal Memo Details Failed NASA Orion Parachute Test Vehicle Drop Test
[Saturday, August 9, 2008] According to an internal NASA memo initial observations indicated that the programmer parachute did not inflate properly when the Parachute Test Vehicle (PTV) separated from the test pallet.
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»» Space Station Invaded By Students From Outer Space Base
[Monday, August 11, 2008] Arizona Kids and teens are set to blast their local libraries into orbit after completing Outer Space Base, a library series of space science programs in Tucson.
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»» NASA To Brief Reporters About Constellation Program
[Monday, August 11, 2008] NASA will host a media teleconference Monday, Aug. 11, at 3 p.m. EDT, to brief reporters about ongoing assessments regarding the budget and schedule for the Constellation Program.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 9 August 2008
[Monday, August 11, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 10 August 2008
[Monday, August 11, 2008] Sunday - rest day for CDR Volkov, FE-1 Kononenko & FE-2 Chamitoff. Ahead: Week 17 of Increment 17.
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»» NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases Annual Report
[Monday, August 11, 2008] The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, or ASAP, has released its 2007 Annual Report. The report examines NASA's safety performance and advises the agency on ways to better that performance.
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»» NASA to Realign Constellation Program Milestones
[Monday, August 11, 2008] NASA managers discussed how the agency will be adjusting the budget, schedule and technical performance milestones for its Constellation Program to ensure the first crewed flight of the Ares I rocket and Orion crew capsule in March 2015.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 11 August 2008
[Monday, August 11, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 17 of Increment 17
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»» International Space Station Crew on Track With Preparations for Arrivals and Departures
[Tuesday, August 12, 2008] The Expedition 17 crew of the International Space Station remained on track Tuesday with hardware repairs and preparations for arrivals and departures.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 12 August 2008
[Tuesday, August 12, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA Selects LIFEPAK(R) 1000 Defibrillator from Physio-Control as First Automated External Defibrillator in Space
[Wednesday, August 13, 2008] Physio-Control of Redmond, Wash., today announced the LIFEPAK 1000 defibrillator has been deployed on the International Space Station (ISS) as the first automated external defibrillator (AED) in space.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 13 August 2008
[Wednesday, August 13, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA Astronaut Ready To Answer Your Questions From Space
[Wednesday, August 13, 2008] Flying 220 miles above the Earth aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff is ready to take your questions.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 14 August 2008
[Thursday, August 14, 2008] ll ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» Psychologists show new ways to deal with health challenges in space
[Friday, August 15, 2008] As NASA prepares to send humans back to the moon and then on to Mars, psychologists are exploring the challenges astronauts will face on missions that will be much longer and more demanding than previous space flights.
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»» NASA OOIG Audit of NASA's Pre-Acquisition Planning for the Constellation Space Suit System
[Friday, August 15, 2008] The NASA Office of Inspector General is closing the subject assignment. Overall, we found that the pre-acquisition planning process for the Constellation Space Suit System (CSSS) was conducted in accordance with NASA procedural requirements.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 15 August 2008
[Friday, August 15, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» United Space Alliance Files Lawsuit Against ATK
[Friday, August 15, 2008] United Space Alliance (USA), NASA's prime Space Shuttle contractor, filed a lawsuit in Brevard County Circuit Court in Florida today against Alliant Techsystems, Inc., and ATK Launch Systems, Inc., seeking damages for fraud and breach of contract, and see
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»» NASA To Take Corrective Action In Spacesuit Contract Protest
[Friday, August 15, 2008] NASA anticipates that corrective action will involve reconsideration of its procurement decision. The pending protest litigation is subject to a Government Accountability Office Protective Order.
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»» NASA Keeps Atlantis Target Launch Date, Moves Up Milestones
[Saturday, August 16, 2008] After thoroughly reviewing an option to accelerate the upcoming launch dates of space shuttle Atlantis and Endeavour by a few days, shuttle program managers decided Thursday to keep the current target launch dates.
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»» NASA International Space Station Imagery: Sentinel Volcanic Field
[Saturday, August 16, 2008] This detailed view depicts a portion of the Gila River channel (center) between the Sentinel Volcanic Field and Oatman Mountain in south-central Arizona.
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»» NASA International Space Station Imagery: Cordillera Huayhuash
[Saturday, August 16, 2008] This view was taken looking east as the station was flying approximately 100 kilometers off the Peruvian coast and shows Cordillera Huayhuasha.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 16 August 2008
[Saturday, August 16, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 17 August 2008
[Sunday, August 17, 2008] Sunday - rest day for CDR Volkov, FE-1 Kononenko & FE-2 Chamitoff. Ahead: Week 18 of Increment 17.
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»» NASA Managers Set Target Launch Date for Atlantis
[Monday, August 18, 2008] After thoroughly reviewing the potential to move up space shuttle Atlantis' and Endeavour's upcoming launch dates by a few days, shuttle program managers decided Thursday to stay with original target launch dates.
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»» NASA To Brief Media About Ares I Thrust Oscillation Plans
[Monday, August 18, 2008] NASA will host a media teleconference on Tuesday, Aug. 19, at 11:30 a.m. EDT, to discuss results and recommendations from the Ares I thrust oscillation focus team.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 18 August 2008
[Monday, August 18, 2008] Underway: Week 18 of Increment 17. Underway: Week 18 of Increment 17.
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»» International Space Station Imagery: Pyramids of Dashur, Egypt
[Tuesday, August 19, 2008] Pyramids of Dashur, Egypt are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 17 crewmember on the International Space Station.
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»» International Space Station Imagery: Polar Mesospheric Clouds
[Tuesday, August 19, 2008] Polar Mesospheric Clouds (also known as noctilucent clouds) are transient, upper atmospheric phenomena observed usually in the summer months at high latitudes (greater than 50 degrees) of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
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»» Join Challenger Center's Live Webcast With Astronaut Soyeon Yi and Richard Garriott
[Tuesday, August 19, 2008] oin Richard Garriott, the next civilian to fly into space, and Korean astronaut Soyeon Yi station for a live interactive webcast from Star City Moscow and the South Korea Challenger Learning Center on August 20th at 10:00am ET.
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»» NASA Tests Launch Abort Parachute System - Releases Crash Photos
[Tuesday, August 19, 2008] NASA tested the parachutes for the recovery system on its Orion crew exploration vehicle above the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona on July 31. The test proved unsuccessful when a test set-up parachute failed.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 19 August 2008
[Tuesday, August 19, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 20 August 2008
[Wednesday, August 20, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» Space Station Provides Boost to High School Students in California
[Thursday, August 21, 2008] Students from Buchanan High School in Clovis, Calif., who are taking part in a 48 hour space station simulation, will get an extra boost when they receive a call from the real International Space Station.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 21 August 2008
[Thursday, August 21, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» Oceaneering Announces Intention to Resubmit Constellation Space Suit Contract Proposal
[Thursday, August 21, 2008] Oceaneering International, Inc. (NYSE:OII) announced that it intends to submit a revised proposal to NASA for development and production of the Constellation Space Suit System (CSSS).
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 22 August 2008
[Friday, August 22, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 23 August 2008
[Sunday, August 24, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 24 August 2008
[Sunday, August 24, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis To Move To Launch Pad Saturday
[Monday, August 25, 2008] Space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Saturday, Aug. 30. Atlantis is targeted to lift off Oct. 8 to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 25 August 2008
[Monday, August 25, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 19 of Increment 17.
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»» NASA Discovers Computer Virus Aboard the International Space Station
[Monday, August 25, 2008] Reader note: This information was discussed at the ISS 30P SORR last week. Is this the first known ISS computer virus?
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 26 August 2008
[Wednesday, August 27, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 27 August 2008
[Wednesday, August 27, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA and Challenger Center Combining Efforts for Students
[Thursday, August 28, 2008] NASA and the Challenger Center for Space Science Education, announced Thursday a cooperative Space Act Agreement to work together to encourage students to focus more on science, technology, engineering and mathematic studies and programs.
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»» Wayne Hale's NASA Blog: Shutting Down the Shuttle
[Thursday, August 28, 2008] "Hey, I am the biggest shuttle hugger there is. I think it is the best spacecraft ever built. But I also deal in the real world."
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 28 August 2008
[Thursday, August 28, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA Internal Email: Shuttle Extension Assessment
[Friday, August 29, 2008] "The SSP program in conjunction with Cx and ISS have been asked by the administrator to put together some manifest options to assess extending shuttle flights to 2015."
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 29 August 2008
[Friday, August 29, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» International Space Station Imagery: Dry Tortugas
[Saturday, August 30, 2008] The Dry Tortugas are a group of islands located approximately 75 miles west of Key West, Florida; they form the western end of the Florida Keys in the Gulf of Mexico.
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»» International Space Station Imagery: Cape Farewell, Greenland
[Saturday, August 30, 2008] Cape Farewell, Greenland is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 17 crewmember on the ISS. This view illustrates the southernmost tip of Greenland, known as Kap Farvel in Danish and Nunap Isua in Inuit.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 30 August 2008
[Saturday, August 30, 2008] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» Preliminary Design Review for NASA's Orion Spacecraft Likely To Be Delayed Until 2009
[Saturday, August 30, 2008] NASA sources report that the Orion PDR (Preliminary Design Review), which was originally planned for September 2008 and then slipped to November, will be delayed much further - perhaps as far as mid-Summer 2009.
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