[Tuesday, December 1, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. First day alone for the two-member crew of CDR Jeff Williams (USA) & FE Maxim Suraev (Russia) until 12/23 when Expedition 22 members.

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[Wednesday, December 2, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Wednesday, December 2, 2009] As of Dec. 1, four Painted Lady butterflies are living aboard the International Space Station. These "butterflynauts" are part of an educational experiment that was launched Nov. 16 on space shuttle Atlantis and transferred to the Space Station.

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[Thursday, December 3, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Thursday, December 3, 2009] Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) recently conducted its first Dragon spacecraft operations training for a group of NASA astronauts and personnel at its corporate headquarters in Hawthorne, CA.

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[Friday, December 4, 2009] The "space barley" used to make this beer is the 4th generation descendant of the Haruna Nijo malting barley developed by Sapporo Breweries and kept in space for five months during 2006.

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[Friday, December 4, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Sunday, December 6, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Sunday, December 6, 2009] NASA Ames CRuSR Office is requesting technical and programmatic input to improve the government's understanding of flight opportunities to aid potential science investigators in scoping and designing possible future suborbital investigations.

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[Monday, December 7, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Monday, December 7, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Monday, December 7, 2009] NASA Television will air the events surrounding the launch and delivery of the next three residents to the ISS. Coverage begins with a broadcast of prelaunch activities Dec. 8, and continues through the crew's arrival to the orbiting laboratory Dec. 22.

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[Tuesday, December 8, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Wednesday, December 9, 2009] Astronauts returning from challenging long-duration missions face one more challenge when they get back to Earth - standing up and walking.

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[Wednesday, December 9, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Thursday, December 10, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Friday, December 11, 2009] Fifth grade students in Connecticut will talk science with International Space Station commander Jeff Williams as he orbits 200 miles above Earth on Dec. 15.

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[Friday, December 11, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Saturday, December 12, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Sunday, December 13, 2009] To celebrate the 10th anniversary of people continuously living aboard the International Space Station, NASA is providing a special 2010 calendar to teachers and the public.

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[Sunday, December 13, 2009] While the space station is the most advanced spacecraft ever built, its coordinate system is labeled like any sea-faring vessel on Earth using traditional nautical terms.

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[Sunday, December 13, 2009] Expedition 22 Commander Jeff Williams and Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev are currently the sole residents on the ISS. Three new crew members are preparing to join them when the Soyuz TMA-17 launches on Dec. 20 from Baikonur Cosmodrome.

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[Sunday, December 13, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Monday, December 14, 2009] It has come to my attention that several members are, in fact, federally registered lobbyists and that some of these individuals have taken direct advantage of their temporary roles on the Commission to further their personal business.

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[Monday, December 14, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Monday, December 14, 2009] NASA/HQ has a requirement for Support Services for the ZERO Robotics competition. The ZERO Robotics competition enables high-school students to participate in the SPHERES program.

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[Tuesday, December 15, 2009] The PHARAO atomic clock, which will be combined with another atomic clock, SHM, to form ESA's Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES), will have an accuracy of 1x10-16, corresponding to a time error of about one second over 300 million years.

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[Tuesday, December 15, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Tuesday, December 15, 2009] NASA has purchased two reusable solid rocket motors from ATK Launch Systems Inc. of Brigham City, Utah, to provide a "launch on need" rescue capability for the final planned space shuttle mission, targeted for September 2010.

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[Wednesday, December 16, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Friday, December 18, 2009] Space shuttle Endeavour will deliver the final module of the U.S. portion of the International Space Station on the STS-130 mission, now targeted to launch Feb. 7.

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[Friday, December 18, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Saturday, December 19, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Flight Engineer Suraev began the day with the regular daily checkup of the aerosol filters at the Elektron O2 generator.

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[Saturday, December 19, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday - light-duty day for the Exp-22 crew

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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 20 December 2009

[Monday, December 21, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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»» GAO Report: International Space Station: Significant Challenges May Limit Onboard Research

[Tuesday, December 22, 2009] The ISS has been continuously staffed since 2000 and now has a six-member crew. The primary objective for the ISS through 2010 is construction, so research utilization has not been the priority.

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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 21 December 2009

[Tuesday, December 22, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below

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»» Three New Space Station Crew Members to Arrive Today

[Tuesday, December 22, 2009] Commander Jeff Williams and Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev are tackling a busy workload today as they await the docking of a Soyuz spacecraft carrying the remaining three Expedition 22 crew members this evening.

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»» NASA Showcases Next International Space Station Component

[Tuesday, December 22, 2009] NASA's Kennedy Space Center will host a media event at 10 a.m. EST on Friday, Jan. 8, to highlight the next pressurized element to be launched to the International Space Station.

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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 22 December 2009

[Tuesday, December 22, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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»» Soyuz TMA-17 Docks With The International Space Station

[Wednesday, December 23, 2009] T.J. Creamer, Oleg Kotov, and Soichi Noguchi docked with their new home at 5:48 p.m. EST Tuesday. The trio launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft at 4:52 p.m. Sunday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 23 December 2009

[Wednesday, December 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 December 2009

[Saturday, December 26, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 25 December 2009

[Saturday, December 26, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 26 December 2009

[Saturday, December 26, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday -- crew rest day.

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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 27 December 2009

[Sunday, December 27, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 28 December 2009

[Monday, December 28, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 5 of Increment 22.

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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 29 December 2009

[Wednesday, December 30, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 30 December 2009

[Wednesday, December 30, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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»» NASA and the Summer of Innovation

[Wednesday, December 30, 2009] President Obama will soon unveil a large, interesting educational event targeted for the summer of 2010. Titled "Summer of Innovation" this project is aimed at reaching 1 million students and working to raise their STEM skills through a variety of activit

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