[Wednesday, November 1, 2006] NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery completed one milestone and is nearing another as workers prepare the orbiter for a December launch to the International Space Station.

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[Wednesday, November 1, 2006] This document provides the assignment of flight dates, resources and accommodations, as well as defines the requirements for Increment 14 in Planning Period 6.

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[Friday, November 3, 2006] Fulfilling the President's Vision for Space Exploration (VSE) will require overcoming many challenges. Among these are the hazards of space radiation to crews traveling to the Moon and Mars.

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[Friday, November 3, 2006] During a scheduled Space Shuttle Program meeting today, managers ratified the target launch dates for the first three missions in 2007.

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[Sunday, November 5, 2006] This document provides the assignment of flight dates, resources and accommodations, as well as defines the requirements for Increment 15 in Planning Period 7.

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[Sunday, November 5, 2006] The Expedition 14 crew spent time throughout the week unpacking items, including parts for the Elektron oxygen-generation system, fresh food and other system hardware from the Progress cargo ship.

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[Sunday, November 5, 2006] The National Space Society is sponsoring an art contest in which artists are to create visions of a spacefaring future - a future of space settlement, be they on the Moon, on Mars, on asteroids, or orbiting independently in space.

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[Wednesday, November 8, 2006] Under terms of the agreement, ATK will provide launch vehicle development, assembly, integration and test of the launch system, and will conduct launch and landing site development and launch vehicle preparation for the K-1.

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[Wednesday, November 8, 2006] The Expedition 14 crew members continue to work this week on scientific experiments, station maintenance and activities related to the anticipated arrival of Space Shuttle Discovery in December.

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[Thursday, November 9, 2006] At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Space Shuttle Discovery has arrived at Launch Pad 39B following an overnight move from the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building.

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[Thursday, November 9, 2006] News media are invited to Kennedy Space Center to cover activities during the terminal countdown demonstration test set for Nov. 13 to 16 in preparation for the upcoming STS-116 mission to the ISS. Launch is targeted for Dec. 7.

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[Thursday, November 9, 2006] To highlight International Educational Week, NASA and the U.S Department of Education will host a live, ultra-long distance call with the crew of the ISS at 9:21 a.m. EST Tuesday, Nov. 14 at the U.S. Department of Education, Washington.

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[Thursday, November 9, 2006] The International Space Station crewmembers spent this week getting ready for an upcoming spacewalk, performing scientific research and voting in the elections back on Earth.

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[Thursday, November 9, 2006] NASA will conduct a two-minute, static firing of a space shuttle flight support motor at a Utah test facility. The motor firing will provide nighttime vehicle imagery performance data on how image quality is affected by night launch conditions.

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[Thursday, November 9, 2006] NASA makes history next week with the first live broadcasts from space in HDTV. NASA, in cooperation with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Discovery HD Theater and Japanese broadcast network NHK will produce the broadcasts on Nov. 15.

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[Saturday, November 11, 2006] Sources inside the development of the Ares 1 launch vehicle (aka Crew Launch Vehicle or "The Stick") have reported that the current design is underpowered to the tune of a metric ton or more.

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[Tuesday, November 14, 2006] "I thought it was time to level set folks on where things stand – and – dispel these rumors and hearsay surrounding the "issue" of the Ares 1 performance and overall implications to the architecture."

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[Tuesday, November 14, 2006] NASA officials will hold a briefing at 1 p.m. CST Thursday, Nov. 16, to discuss an upcoming spacewalk from the International Space Station. The six-hour spacewalk is planned for the night before Thanksgiving.

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[Thursday, November 16, 2006] NASA has completed a milestone first review of all systems for the Orion spacecraft and the Ares I and Ares V rockets. The review brings the agency a step closer to launching the nation's next human space vehicle.

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[Friday, November 17, 2006] This week the crew will be focused on preparing for the upcoming EVA planned for November 22. This EVA supports several Russian experiments outside the Service Module.

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[Friday, November 17, 2006] The STS-116 crew wrapped up four days of prelaunch training Thursday following a launch dress rehearsal and simulated countdown with the look and feel of a real launch day.

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[Friday, November 17, 2006] NASA successfully fired a reusable solid rocket motor Nov. 16 in Utah. The two-minute test provided important information for nighttime shuttle launches and for the development of the rocket that will carry the next human spacecraft to the moon.

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[Friday, November 17, 2006] Top leaders from industry, academia, NASA and other government agencies will gather at the 2nd Space Exploration Conference, Dec. 4-6 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston.

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[Saturday, November 18, 2006] Element 21 Golf Company reports the announcement by Igor Panarin, spokesman for the Russian Space Agency, that a cosmonaut at the International Space Station will play golf in outer space and in zero gravity conditions for the first time in history.

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[Saturday, November 18, 2006] Following Space Shuttle Discovery's arrival at Launch Pad 39B on Nov. 9, technicians began final preparations for the STS-116 launch to the International Space Station set for no earlier than Dec. 7.

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[Saturday, November 18, 2006] Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and flight engineers Mikhail Tyurin and Thomas Reiter continue to prepare for a spacewalk Wednesday, Nov. 22 out of the International Space Station's Russian Pirs Docking Compartment airlock.

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[Monday, November 20, 2006] We received news Friday that Skylab will not go indoors for the next 2 years. This leaves use out in the cold (literally). We are still on schedule to be completed with our restoration efforts by June 2007.

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[Wednesday, November 22, 2006] "The Office of Communications Planning (OCP) is charged with developing long-term communication strategies and plans for increasing public awareness and understanding of NASA's mission and goals."

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[Wednesday, November 22, 2006] This week at Launch Pad 39B, technicians completed prelaunch propellant servicing in preparation for Space Shuttle Discovery's launch to the International Space Station, set for no earlier than Dec. 7.

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[Wednesday, November 22, 2006] On 28 November, Europe's largest online portal and ESA will produce the first-ever space web video chat when ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter responds to questions via the Internet live from the International Space Station.

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[Wednesday, November 22, 2006] ESA's Columbus Control Centre - Europe's 'Houston' - is in operation now for Astrolab while readying for the European Columbus laboratory in 2007.

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[Wednesday, November 22, 2006] With Space Shuttle Discovery poised on the launch pad for the next assembly mission to the International Space Station, NASA managers plan to hold a news conference at approximately 3 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Nov. 29.

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[Thursday, November 23, 2006] Tyurin's golf shot was part of a demonstration for a commercially sponsored endeavor between a Canadian golf company and the Russian Federal Space Agency. The golf club and three balls were flown to the station on recent Russian Progress cargo ships.

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[Tuesday, November 28, 2006] Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking is being honored with the world's oldest award for scientific achievement, with a special high-altitude assist from NASA.

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[Wednesday, November 29, 2006] NASA senior managers today unanimously recommended launching the Space Shuttle Discovery on December 7. Discovery is scheduled to lift off at 9:35 p.m. EST.

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[Thursday, November 30, 2006] A scheduled orbital correction of the International Space Station (ISS) was terminated ahead of time because during the orbit-raising maneuver the control system detected possible station attitude instability.

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[Thursday, November 30, 2006] ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang is about to become the first Swedish and the first Nordic astronaut in space. During the night of 7/8 December, he will board NASA's Shuttle Discovery as Mission Specialist on flight STS-116.

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[Thursday, November 30, 2006] NASA will begin the countdown for Space Shuttle Discovery's STS-116 mission at 11 p.m. EST Monday, Dec. 4, at the T-43 hour point.

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