[Tuesday, May 1, 2012] New research in the FASEB Journal suggests that the 5-lipoxygenase enzyme mediates microgravity-induced lymphocyte programmed cell death and its inhibition could help astronauts and the elderly

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[Tuesday, May 1, 2012] Senior scientists and heads of the five International Space Station partners will present ground-breaking research and discuss future projects in Berlin on 2-4 May.

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[Tuesday, May 1, 2012] Students from across the nation will gather at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston May 2-5 for the annual NASA Explorer Schools Symposium.

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[Tuesday, May 1, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Wednesday, May 2, 2012] The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft departs from the ISS and heads toward a landing on April 27, 2012. Inside the Soyuz, Dan Burbank, Anton Shkaplerov, and Anatoly Ivanishin.

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[Wednesday, May 2, 2012] A dust storm near the White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, USA is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 30 crew member on the International Space Station.

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[Wednesday, May 2, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Thursday, May 3, 2012] The Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) has released an Announcement of Opportunity (AO) to fund experiments to be conducted aboard the Japanese Experiment Module, Kibo, on the International Space Station in FY2014 or later

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[Thursday, May 3, 2012] Boeing successfully completed the second parachute drop test of the company's Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft on May 2 at the Delamar Dry Lake Bed near Alamo, Nev. The test demonstrated the performance of the entire landing system.

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[Thursday, May 3, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Thursday, May 3, 2012] NASA/MSFC has a requirement for an Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS) for the early Space Launch System (SLS) missions.

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[Thursday, May 3, 2012] Orbital Technologies Corporation, "ORBITEC," has been awarded two new NASA contracts for engineering support and flight hardware production related to life science activities on the International Space Station.

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[Friday, May 4, 2012] An unpiloted Progress resupply vehicle approaches the International Space Station, carrying 2.8 tons of food, fuel and supplies.

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[Friday, May 4, 2012] Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit of NASA has taught more than half a million internet viewers how microgravity affects scientific principles by using everyday objects on the International Space Station.

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[Friday, May 4, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Saturday, May 5, 2012] If you look to the right side of this image along the cabin wall, you will see that the ISS crew has an assortment of colorful Huggies wipes packages featuring many of their favorite storybook characters.

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[Saturday, May 5, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday – Crew off duty. Happy Cinco de Mayo!

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[Sunday, May 6, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday – Crew off duty. Ahead: Week 2 of Increment 31 (three-person crew).

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[Monday, May 7, 2012] The Coalition has launched a video contest, "Why Explore Space?" to hear from the public about why space exploration matters to them. Participants are encouraged to share their ideas by submitting a video. The winning entry wins an iPad3.

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[Monday, May 7, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 2 of Increment 31 (three-person crew).

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[Monday, May 7, 2012] Challenged to design a background for a small rover controlled from space, students in Germany have delivered a futuristic cityscape. The cool space art will be seen by astronauts in orbit via the rover's camera eye as they remotely control their avatar.

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[Monday, May 7, 2012] The Dream Chaser model with its Atlas V launch vehicle is undergoing final preparations at the Aerospace Composite Model Development Section's workshop for buffet tests at the Transonic Dynamics Tunnel at NASA Langley.

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[Tuesday, May 8, 2012] The next residents of the International Space Station are making final preparations for a May 14 launch and NASA Television will provide live coverage of launch and docking.

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[Tuesday, May 8, 2012] New results from research on the International Space Station are offering clues on why astronauts' immune systems don't work as well in space. The findings may benefit the elderly on Earth.

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[Tuesday, May 8, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Tuesday, May 8, 2012] SpaceX has finished an important evaluation of a prototype Dragon spacecraft. This key milestone is part of SpaceX's partnership with NASA under a funded Space Act Agreement to advance the design of crew transportation vehicles.

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[Wednesday, May 9, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Wednesday, May 9, 2012] The Ouarkziz Impact Crater is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 30 crew member on the International Space Station.

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[Thursday, May 10, 2012] SpaceX and Bigelow Aerospace have agreed to conduct a joint marketing effort focused on international customers. The two companies will offer rides on SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft, using the Falcon launch vehicle.

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[Thursday, May 10, 2012] Europe's finalists in the Space Lab challenge will join astronauts, scientists and Google managers at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne on 16 May to discuss their experiment ideas and call ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers on the ISS.

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[Thursday, May 10, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Thursday, May 10, 2012] Growing perfect crystals in space (on the Space Shuttle and Space Station) has been one of NASA's favorite promotional items in its mantra of promoting the use of the ISS as a "world class laboratory".

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[Friday, May 11, 2012] Do you have a medical degree and would like to work in an almost-out-of-this-world environment? ESA is sponsoring a crewmember with a medical background to spend the Antarctic winter of 2013 in the Concordia research station.

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[Friday, May 11, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Saturday, May 12, 2012] It took 7-years to make the documentary. We did it by raising a little money here, borrowing a little more money there, and a lot of love and un-reimbursed time from the director.

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[Saturday, May 12, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday – Crew off duty.

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[Sunday, May 13, 2012] Events like this app challenge are not the way NASA tends to do business. According to NASA's Open Government Initiative office, a total 2,083 people participated in this event in one way or another.

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[Monday, May 14, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday - Crew off duty. Ahead: Week 3 of Increment 31 (three-person crew).

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[Monday, May 14, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 3 of Increment 31 (three-person crew).

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[Monday, May 14, 2012] You would think that Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) would have had a leg up on how to perform its tasks with regard to the ISS National Laboratory given this long history of research and planning.

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[Tuesday, May 15, 2012] Joseph Acaba, Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin blasted off for the International Space Station at 10:01 p.m. CDT Tuesday, May 14 (9:01 a.m. Baikonur time on May 15), from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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[Tuesday, May 15, 2012] From May 22 - 25, 2012, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is hosting the 30th Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) Meeting. The meeting will take place at McGill University in Montreal and is reserved for the IADC Delegation.

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[Tuesday, May 15, 2012] The VAB is due for major renovations to continue processing launch vehicles and support the subsequent launching of a new generation of astronauts into orbit and deeper into space than ever before.

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[Tuesday, May 15, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Wednesday, May 16, 2012] This is the only gathering that offers perspectives on the complete breadth of research and technology development on the ISS, including the full suite of opportunities for future research over the next ten years and beyond.

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[Wednesday, May 16, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Thursday, May 17, 2012] Expedition 31 crew members Gennady Padalka, Joe Acaba and Sergei Revin were welcomed aboard the International Space Station after the hatches opened Thursday at 4:10 a.m. EDT.

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[Thursday, May 17, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Friday, May 18, 2012] The Dragon spacecraft built by SpaceX will head to the International Space Station with about 1,200 pounds of cargo during its demonstration mission, including commemorative patches and pins, 162 meals and a collection of student experiments.

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[Friday, May 18, 2012] NASA is giving CASIS (The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space) $15 million a year and the keys to a large portion of a $100 billion International Space Station - one funded by taxpayers.

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[Friday, May 18, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. First day of full crew complement of 6 for Expedition 31. Sleep Cycle is back to "normal" - wake: 2:00am, sleep 5:30pm EDT.

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[Saturday, May 19, 2012] This morning's attempt to launch a Falcon 9 with a Dragon spacecraft was scrubbed when a high pressure reading was discovered in first stage engine 5.

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[Saturday, May 19, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday - Crew off duty. >>>Today the AMS-02 (Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer 02) celebrates its First Anniversary of continuous operation on ISS - Congratulations!<

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[Sunday, May 20, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday – Crew off duty. Ahead: Week 4 of Increment 31 (six-person crew).

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[Monday, May 21, 2012] Sending a spacecraft to the space station has only ever been accomplished by four entities - the United States, Russia, Japan and the European Union.

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[Monday, May 21, 2012] A fisheye lens was used to capture this image of NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 31 flight engineer, in the transfer compartment between the Zarya Functional Cargo Block (FGB) and the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

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[Monday, May 21, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 4 of Increment 31 (six-person crew).

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[Monday, May 21, 2012] Decades of rigorous research, testing and development performed in the Entry Systems and Technology Division at NASA's Ames has garnered Ames' thermal protection engineers the respect of not just other government agencies, but also commercial entities.

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[Tuesday, May 22, 2012] The SpaceX Dragon capsule, which on Tuesday became the first commercially developed and built spacecraft to launch to the International Space Station, is carrying among its cargo a suite of 15 science experiments designed by students.

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[Tuesday, May 22, 2012] International Space Station crew members will answer questions from reporters following the scheduled hatch opening of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft.

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[Tuesday, May 22, 2012] NASA's Human Research Program (HRP) and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) of Houston will fund 29 proposals to help investigate questions about astronaut health and performance on future deep space exploration missions.

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[Tuesday, May 22, 2012] Lake Powell and the Rincon in Utah are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 31 crew member on the International Space Station.

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[Wednesday, May 23, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Wednesday, May 23, 2012] A fisheye lens attached to an electronic still camera was used to capture this image of Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Expedition 31 commander, with two Russian Orlan spacesuits in the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station.

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[Thursday, May 24, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Thursday, May 24, 2012] Today, Space Exploration Technologies' (SpaceX) Dragon spacecraft completed key on-orbit tests as part of a historic attempt to be the first commercial company in history to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station.

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[Thursday, May 24, 2012] Junior high, high school and undergraduate college students from accredited U.S. schools who register for the DreamUp program will have access to NanoRacks' two standardized research platforms aboard the ISS.

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[Thursday, May 24, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Friday, May 25, 2012] Boeing [NYSE: BA] successfully completed the software Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for its Commercial Crew Development (CCDev-2) initiative on May 18. CCDev-2 is part of NASA's Space Act Agreement.

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[Friday, May 25, 2012] NASA Commercial Crew Partner Boeing Meets Software Milestone

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[Friday, May 25, 2012] The International Space Station crew successfully captured the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft at 9:56 am EDT. It was berthed to the ISS exactly 3 hours later.

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[Friday, May 25, 2012] The International Space Station's Expedition 31 crew grappled and attached SpaceX's Dragon capsule to the space station Friday. This is the first time a commercial company has accomplished this type of space operation.

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[Friday, May 25, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Saturday, May 26, 2012] The International Space Station was over the central South Pacific about 240 miles northeast of the Marshall Islands when one of the Expedition 31 crew members positioned on the station's Cupola captured this image of the sun coming up.

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[Saturday, May 26, 2012] The first Dragon commercial space ferry was berthed at the International Space Station today. ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers and his crewmates welcomed the new cargo ship and will start unloading the supplies and scientific experiments tomorrow.

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[Sunday, May 27, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday - Crew half-day off.

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[Sunday, May 27, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday - Crew off duty. Ahead: Week 5 of Increment 31 (six-person crew).

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[Monday, May 28, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 5 of Increment 31 (six-person crew). Memorial Day Holiday.

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[Tuesday, May 29, 2012] The following space life science publications were identified in the past several weeks and derived some or all of their funding from NASA.

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[Tuesday, May 29, 2012] Sunglint and clouds off Western South America are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 31 crew member on the International Space Station.

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[Tuesday, May 29, 2012] Are your bones getting stronger or weaker? Right now, it's hard to know. Scientists at Arizona State University and NASA are taking on this medical challenge by developing and applying a technique that originated in the Earth sciences.

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[Tuesday, May 29, 2012] Astronaut members of the ASE recognized the potential of the simulation software to assist astronauts on the ISS and in 2008, a beta version was piloted on orbit. The agreement with CASIS allows for the full development of the integrated tool.

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[Tuesday, May 29, 2012] Expedition 31 Flight Engineers Don Pettit and Andre Kuipers grappled Dragon with the Canadarm2 robotic arm and used the robotic arm to berth Dragon to the Earth-facing side of the station's Harmony node at 12:02 p.m. May 25, 2012.

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[Tuesday, May 29, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Wednesday, May 30, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Thursday, May 31, 2012] After making the historic journey as the first commercial spacecraft to visit the International Space Station, SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft will return to Earth tomorrow.

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[Thursday, May 31, 2012] This "fisheye" image of the inside of the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft was photographed by an Expedition 31 crew member aboard the International Space Station on May 26, 2012, the day after grapple.

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[Thursday, May 31, 2012] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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