[Wednesday, May 2, 2007] This notice is issued by the NASA/JSC to post a Request for Information (RFI) via the internet and to solicit information from Industry regarding the Constellation Program's Rescue and Recovery Methodologies.

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[Wednesday, May 2, 2007] Editor's note: On Thursday, 3 May, between 11:15 and 11:25 am EDT I will be conducting a live interview with the crew of the International Space Station. The interview will air live on NASA TV

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[Thursday, May 3, 2007] "Today is a sad day for NASA and our country, as we mourn the passing yesterday in California of astronaut Walter "Wally" Schirra."

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[Friday, May 4, 2007] Marking the second week working together, the Expedition 15 crew wrapped up various maintenance tasks, science experiments and preparations for the May 15 arrival of the Progress 25 supply ship.

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[Friday, May 4, 2007] In high bay No. 1 technicians and engineers continue repairing foam on the hail-damaged STS-117 external fuel tank. Spray foam repairs began this week, and an area on the "ogive pencil point" is scheduled to undergo a spray foam repair this weekend.

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[Sunday, May 6, 2007] May 7-18, 2007, the 12th mission of NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) will take place in the Aquarius habitat off the coast of Key Largo, Florida.

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[Monday, May 7, 2007] "Given that the Vision for Space Exploration may take tens of years to implement, a significant issue is whether NASA and the United States will have the workforce needed to achieve that vision."

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[Wednesday, May 9, 2007] NASA will hold a media teleconference Friday, May 11, no earlier than 3 p.m. EDT to discuss the space shuttle Atlantis' external fuel tank.

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[Wednesday, May 9, 2007] A new Progress freighter is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station at 11:25 p.m. EDT Friday, May 11, with more than 2.5 tons of fuel, air, water and other supplies and equipment aboard.

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[Saturday, May 12, 2007] A new cargo freighter launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at 10:25 p.m. CDT Friday with more than 2.5 tons of fuel, air, water and other supplies and equipment aboard.

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[Saturday, May 12, 2007] "Jose’s educational outreach was exciting. Six schools, including one from the UK, participated. The students asked good questions about our experiments, remote robotic surgery experiments and the plant germination experiment."

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[Monday, May 14, 2007] Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and flight engineers Oleg Kotov and Suni Williams will receive the shipment of food, fuel and supplies on Tuesday, May 15.

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[Monday, May 14, 2007] NASA has established a requirements baseline for ground systems to be developed in support of the Constellation Program. The systems requirements review was conducted at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 5.

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[Tuesday, May 15, 2007] A spacecraft automatically docked to the International Space Station early Tuesday, delivering 2.5 tons of food, fuel and supplies for the residents on board.

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[Tuesday, May 15, 2007] "On May 3rd I had a unique chance to speak with the Expedition 15 crew aboard the International Space Station. I conducted this interview from NASA Ames Research Center in California."

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[Tuesday, May 15, 2007] Space shuttle Atlantis is back at its launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Teams are preparing Atlantis for its mission, STS-117, to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for June 8.

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[Thursday, May 17, 2007] On Wednesday I did a short (5 minute) live interview with the NEEMO 12 crew from their Aquarius underwater habitat.

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[Thursday, May 17, 2007] NASA recently posted a number of new artist's depictions of Orion and Ares hardware online.

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[Friday, May 18, 2007] The following excerpt is from a live "ship to ship" conversation between the NEEMO 12 crew aboard the Aquarius habitat and Suni Williams aboard the International Space Station held on 17 May 2007.

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[Friday, May 18, 2007] Space Shuttle Atlantis arrived back at Launch Pad 39A on Tuesday, following repairs to the foam on its hail-damaged external fuel tank.

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[Friday, May 18, 2007] NASA/KSC plans to issue a Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP), followed by the formal Request For Proposals (RFP), for the construction of the Constellation's Crew Launch Vehicle (CLV) Mobile Launcher(s)(ML).

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[Friday, May 18, 2007] This morning as we awoke, we knew that today would be a bittersweet day. It would be our last full day in the habitat.A highlight of our mission today was a "ship to ship" call from the Aquarius Habitat up to the International Space Station!

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[Friday, May 18, 2007] NASA will preview a pair of International Space Station spacewalks during a briefing at 1 p.m. CDT Wednesday, May 23. The briefing from Johnson Space Center, Houston, will air live on NASA Television.

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[Tuesday, May 22, 2007] Louisiana State University announced today that it will serve as the host for a symposium Titled "Risk and Exploration: Earth As A Classroom" devoted to examining how risk factors into the exploration of - and beyond - our home planet.

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[Wednesday, May 23, 2007] NASA, AOL's kids service, KOL, and Mad Science have announced that Tapasya Das of Mount Laurel, N.J., is the winner of the NASA Space Pennant Design Challenge. The winning pennant will fly on the STS-118 mission, targeted to launch this August.

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[Friday, May 25, 2007] NASA managers have scheduled a news conference at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., no earlier than 2 p.m. EDT, Thursday, May 31, to discuss the status of the upcoming space shuttle mission.

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[Friday, May 25, 2007] NASA this week wrapped up six months of system requirements reviews for the Orion spacecraft, the Ares launch vehicles and other support systems, bringing together the Constellation Program's list of basic capability needs.

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[Tuesday, May 29, 2007] Operations are proceeding on schedule for a June 8 launch. This week, the hypergolic propellants were loaded into the orbiter and solid rocket boosters. Extra Vehicular Mobility Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (space suits) were installed in the orbiter airlock.

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[Wednesday, May 30, 2007] Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov are preparing for two spacewalks on May 30.

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[Thursday, May 31, 2007] The document, "The Global Exploration Strategy: The Framework for Coordination," reflects a shared vision of space exploration focused on solar system destinations where humans may someday live and work.

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[Thursday, May 31, 2007] Two International Space Station cosmonauts stepped outside Wednesday for a 5-hour, 25-minute spacewalk, installing Service Module Debris Protection panels and rerouting a Global Positioning System antenna cable.

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