[Sunday, July 1, 2007] In Orbiter Processing Facility bay No. 2, Endeavour is undergoing final preparations for rollover to the Vehicle Assembly Building early on Monday morning, with orbiter mate to the transporter scheduled for Saturday.

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[Sunday, July 1, 2007] After the departure of the space shuttle Atlantis, Fyodor Yurchikhin and Oleg Kotov returned to their daily operations aboard the International Space Station this week, while newly arrived Clay Anderson began conducting scientific experiments.

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[Sunday, July 1, 2007] Genesis II, the second experimental pathfinder spacecraft by Bigelow Aerospace, has been launched into orbit. The privately-funded space station module was launched atop a Dnepr rocket at 8:02 a.m. PDT from the ISC Kosmotras Yasny Cosmodrome.

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[Sunday, July 1, 2007] Wil Harkins, Office of S&MA, provided an overview of the conceptual changes for human rating plans for the Agency. Speciftcally Harkins focused on governance and standards.

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[Sunday, July 1, 2007] "Griffin stated that if the Agency is to achieve its goals, it is critical to be able to eliminate content in the face of budget cuts. "

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[Monday, July 2, 2007] NASA, faced with the constraints of achieving the Vision for Space Exploration, has made the difficult decision to terminate NIAC, which has been funded by NASA since inception. Effective August 31, 2007, the NIAC will cease operations.

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[Tuesday, July 3, 2007] NASA has signed a $46 million fixed price basic contract with S. P. Korolev Rocket and Space Public Corporation, also known as RSC Energia, in Korolev, Russia, for various hardware items and their integration into the International Space Station.

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[Friday, July 6, 2007] Eurobot has been under development since 2003, with the intention that the multi-jointed, three-armed assistant will eventually handle some of the more mundane tasks currently undertaken by astronauts.

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[Monday, July 9, 2007] On Monday morning, Endeavour rolled from Orbiter Processing Facility bay No. 2 to the Vehicle Assembly Building.

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[Monday, July 9, 2007] Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Clay Anderson this week finished preparing their spacesuits for a planned July 23 spacewalk.

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[Tuesday, July 10, 2007] Summary of communications from the Russian segment of the ISS in the period from 12 May until 9 July 2007.

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[Tuesday, July 10, 2007] " ... therefore, we set a new mission, which is to go to the moon and set up a launching there from which to further explore space."

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[Thursday, July 12, 2007] NASA will preview an upcoming spacewalk from the International Space Station and provide an update on other station activities at 1 p.m. CDT on July 18. NASA Television will provide live coverage of the briefing and the July 23 spacewalk.

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[Thursday, July 12, 2007] Following months of intense pressure and lobbying from Rep. Dave Weldon, the House Appropriations Committee today approved a spending bill that gives NASA a $1.3 billion increase from 2007 and $290 million above the President's 2008 request.

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[Friday, July 13, 2007] "When I was a new NASA employee, my branch chief put together a training class that has been in my mind recently. Among the other things he taught us new employees was that we had to lead our leaders. That has always been good advice."

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[Monday, July 16, 2007] NASA has signed a $1.2 billion contract with Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne Inc., of Canoga Park, Calif., for design, development, testing and evaluation of the J-2X engine that will power the upper stages of the Ares I and Ares V launch vehicles.

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[Tuesday, July 17, 2007] In the 40 years that humans have been traveling into space, the suits they wear have changed very little. The bulky outfits give astronauts a bubble of protection, but their significant mass and the pressure itself severely limit mobility.

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[Tuesday, July 17, 2007] The next visitors to the International Space Station will discuss their upcoming flight during a news conference Monday, July 23. The Expedition 16 crew includes Commander Peggy Whitson, the first female to lead a long-duration spaceflight.

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[Tuesday, July 17, 2007] A new oxygen generation system tested between July 11 and 14 aboard the International Space Station will allow the orbiting laboratory's crew size to increase in 2009.

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[Thursday, July 19, 2007] On Thursday, NASA launched its Interactive Space Station Reference Guide, a new tool that features an in-depth look inside and outside of the orbiting laboratory that has never before been seen.

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[Thursday, July 19, 2007] On Wednesday, 18 July 2007, Leroy Chiao, Matt Reyes, myself and a group of Inuit students constructed a memorial inukshuk on Devon Island to honor the crew of Space Shuttle Challenger.

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[Monday, July 23, 2007] At Launch Pad 39A, preparations continue for the launch of Endeavour on STS-118. Technicians continue checking out the shuttle systems after finishing the external tank and solid rocket booster camera tes

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[Tuesday, July 24, 2007] Two International Space Station crew members Monday successfully wrapped up a 7-hour, 41-minute spacewalk that saw the removal and jettison of a refrigerator-size ammonia reservoir.

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[Tuesday, July 24, 2007] The purpose of today's hearing was to review the status of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA), Space Shuttle, which is scheduled to be retired upon completion of the ISS at the end of this decade.

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[Wednesday, July 25, 2007] NASA will send three astronauts and a Constellation Program aerospace engineer into the ocean depths off the Florida coast from Aug. 6 to 15. They will test lunar exploration concepts and a suite of medical objectives for long-duration spaceflight.

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[Wednesday, July 25, 2007] While NASA has developed plans and processes aimed at effectively managing the supplier base, several factors could impact their effectiveness.

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[Wednesday, July 25, 2007] Over the past 10 years, NASA reported that it lost over $94 million of equipment. The high equipment losses are due mainly to a weak internal control environment.

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[Thursday, July 26, 2007] A rare, timely conjunction of ground-based instrumentation and a dozen satellites has helped scientists better understand how electrons in space can turn into 'killers'. ESA's Cluster constellation has contributed crucially to the finding.

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[Thursday, July 26, 2007] NASA requested an independent external committee conduct a comprehensive review of health services available to astronauts - and an internal assessment of behavioral medicine practices for astronauts. Both groups have completed their reviews.

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[Thursday, July 26, 2007] According to NASA sources, three External Wireless Instrumentation System Network Control Units (EWIS NCU) have been damaged. Apparently, the damage was deliberate.

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[Thursday, July 26, 2007] On Thursday, NASA managers set Aug. 7 as the official launch date for Space Shuttle Endeavour's STS-118 mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., is scheduled for 7:02 p.m. EDT.

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[Friday, July 27, 2007] The Astronaut Health Care System Review Committee was formed when Mike Griffin directed the Dr. Richard Williams, to conduct a review of the medical and behavioral health services available to NASA astronauts at the Johnson Space Center.

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[Friday, July 27, 2007] In a memo dated 7 Feb 2007 (Attachment 1), the NASA Administrator directed the NASA Chief Health and Medical Officer (CHMO) to coordinate a review of the medical and behavioral health services for NASA astronauts.

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[Friday, July 27, 2007] NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale said the agency is moving forward to implement many of the recommendations contained in two studies released Friday about astronaut health and behavioral assessments.

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[Monday, July 30, 2007] Nearly all of you will have seen the report of the review committee on astronaut medical and mental health care, officially released on 27 July. I chartered this review in the days following the unfortunate incident involving Astronaut Lisa Nowak.

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[Monday, July 30, 2007] NASA will start the launch countdown for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-118 mission at 9 p.m. EDT Saturday, Aug. 4, at T-43 hours.

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[Monday, July 30, 2007] News conferences, events and operating hours for NASA KSC News Center are set for the scheduled Aug. 7 launch of space shuttle Endeavour on the STS-118 mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff is slated for 7:02 p.m. EDT.

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