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October 2009 International Space Station Top Stories
»» NASA Hosts Long-Distance Tweetup With Astronauts on Space Station
[Thursday, October 1, 2009] For the first time, NASA's Twitter followers will have the opportunity to directly talk live with astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
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»» Expedition 21 Crew Arrives at the International Space Station
[Friday, October 2, 2009] Jeff Williams, Maxim Suraev, and Guy Laliberté have arrived at the ISS. They docked their Soyuz TMA-16 to the aft end of the Zvezda service module at 4:35 a.m. EDT Friday. They launched Wednesday at 3:14 a.m. from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
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»» NASA Launches New Education Initiatives With Disney's Buzz Lightyear
[Friday, October 2, 2009] NASA and Disney Parks, which collaborated to carry toy space ranger Buzz Lightyear into orbit, are launching new efforts to encourage students to pursue studies in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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»» Poetic Social Mission Global Webcast and Broadcast
[Saturday, October 3, 2009] A 120-minute global event featuring musical performances, the Poetic Social Mission seeks to raise awareness through artistic illustration of the humanitarian struggles and solutions associated with water.
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»» New Space Station Crew Launches; In-Orbit News Conference Set
[Saturday, October 3, 2009] The nine spacefarers will answer questions from reporters during a news conference from the complex at 9:10 a.m. Oct. 6.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 1 October 2009
[Saturday, October 3, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 2 October 2009
[Saturday, October 3, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 3 October 2009
[Saturday, October 3, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» President Obama Joins 50 Nations in Celebrating Space and Astronomy During World Space Week
[Sunday, October 4, 2009] World Space Week began Sunday with celebrations in over 50 nations and an announcement that President Obama hosts a "Star Party" on the White House lawn Wednesday evening.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 4 October 2009
[Sunday, October 4, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday- light-duty day. Ahead: Week 19 of Increment 20.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 5 October 2009
[Monday, October 5, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. The ISS crew today saluted TsUP/MCC-Moscow on its 45 Anniversary (and Sputnik-1 was launched yesterday 52 years ago).
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»» NASA JSC Solicitation: ISS Cargo Mission Contract
[Monday, October 5, 2009] NASA/JSC plans to issue a sole-source modification for a 3-month extension with an option for an additional 3 months to the current Cargo Mission Contract (CMC), NNJ04AA03C, with Lockheed Martin.
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»» Astronaut Fernando Caldeiro Has Died
[Tuesday, October 6, 2009] NASA astronaut Fernando "Frank" Caldeiro died Saturday morning after an extended illness.
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»» A Woman in Space: Two men of the 1950s showed that women have 'The Right Stuff' to be astronauts
[Tuesday, October 6, 2009] The latest look at the intersection of physiology, spaceflight and politics is captured in a new article entitled "A Forgotten Moment in Physiology: The Lovelace Woman in Space Program (1960-1962)
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»» NASA's Shuttle Atlantis Moves to Launch Pad, Practice Liftoff Set
[Tuesday, October 6, 2009] Reporters are invited to cover space shuttle Atlantis' move to the launch pad on Oct. 13 and the STS-129 mission crew's dress rehearsal activities Oct. 19 to Oct. 21 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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»» NASA Invites Young People to Take Virtual Space Station Spacewalks
[Tuesday, October 6, 2009] Imagine the thrill of floating out of the International Space Station and into the emptiness of space and what it would be like to work on the orbiting science laboratory.
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»» First European commander of the International Space Station - media opportunity
[Tuesday, October 6, 2009] ESA astronaut Frank De Winne will become the first European commander of the International Space Station this weekend, after the current commander Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka has left the ISS.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 6 October 2009
[Tuesday, October 6, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» Recovery Act: United States On-orbit Segment Phase II Development of International Space Station Common Docking Adapter
[Wednesday, October 7, 2009] This modification, valued at $15,000,000, applies funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 7 October 2009
[Wednesday, October 7, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA and its International Partners Assign Space Station Crews
[Wednesday, October 7, 2009] NASA and its international partners have assigned five new International Space Station crews and made changes to four previously assigned station crews.
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»» Internal NASA Email from Constellation manager Jeff Hanley to JSC Center Director Mike Coats
[Friday, October 9, 2009] "Mike, wanted to share some thoughts on the paper you gave me... trying to zoom to 100 kft here, though I am so biased that I know I will not be taken seriously, and instead seen as desparately trying to save my program..."
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 8 October 2009
[Friday, October 9, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 9 October 2009
[Friday, October 9, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA Adjusts Shuttle Atlantis' Launch Pad Move to Oct. 14
[Friday, October 9, 2009] NASA now is targeting Wednesday, Oct. 14, to move space shuttle Atlantis to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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»» Soyuz Landing Caps Historic Space Station Increment
[Sunday, October 11, 2009] International Space Station Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Michael Barratt landed their Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft on the steppes of Kazakhstan Sunday, wrapping up a six-month stay.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 10 October 2009
[Sunday, October 11, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 11 October 2009
[Sunday, October 11, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» Video: Guy Laliberte's First Poetic Social Mission In Space
[Monday, October 12, 2009] Guy Laliberte, founder of Cirque du Soleil and the ONE DROP Foundation, unveiled the artistic concept behind his poetic social mission, which will be carried out from the ISS. This is the first ever artistic and social event to originate from space.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 12 October 2009
[Monday, October 12, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 1 of Increment 21.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 13 October 2009
[Tuesday, October 13, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA Launches Tweetup for Space Shuttle Atlantis Liftoff in Florida
[Tuesday, October 13, 2009] For the first time, NASA Twitter followers are invited to view a space shuttle launch in person at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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»» Expedition 20 Crew Lands in Kazakhstan
[Tuesday, October 13, 2009] International Space Station Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Michael Barratt landed their Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft on the steppes of Kazakhstan Sunday, wrapping up a six-month stay.
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»» NASA Television to Broadcast Cargo Ship Arrival at Space Station
[Wednesday, October 14, 2009] The residents of the International Space Station will receive a new shipment of food, fuel and supplies at 8:41 p.m. CDT on Saturday, Oct. 17. NASA Television's coverage of the ship's arrival at the station will begin at 8:15 p.m.
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»» Space Industry Leaders Available to Discuss White House Panel's Support for Commercial Acquisition of Transportation Services for NASA Astronauts to Space Station
[Wednesday, October 14, 2009] In the summary report released by the White House's Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee on September 8, there was strong consensus for utilizing the commercial space industry for crew transportation to the International Space Station.
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»» ATK Delivers A High-Tech First to NASA - A Crew Module Structure Made of Composite Materials
[Wednesday, October 14, 2009] Alliant Techsystems has delivered a technological first to NASA: a full-scale, crew module structure made of composite materials.
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»» NASA Retires Pioneering Tracking and Data Relay Satellite
[Wednesday, October 14, 2009] After a rocky start and then a stellar 26-year performance, NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite - 1 (TDRS-1) is scheduled for decommissioning on October 28.
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»» An Open Letter to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden From Robert Bigelow
[Wednesday, October 14, 2009] Your request that commercial providers should prove themselves via cargo delivery is easily answered since it has already occurred. As a matter of fact, mere hours after the commercial space meeting you convened in delivering a communications satellite.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 14 October 2009
[Wednesday, October 14, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 15 October 2009
[Thursday, October 15, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 16 October 2009
[Sunday, October 18, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Light-duty day for the crew.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 17 October 2009
[Sunday, October 18, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday - docking day for Progress M-03/35P.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 18 October 2009
[Sunday, October 18, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday - Ahead: Week 2 of Increment 21.
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»» Human Space Flight Review Committee Report Available Thursday
[Monday, October 19, 2009] Human Space Flight Review Committee Chairman Norman Augustine will hold a press conference at 1 p.m. EDT, on Thursday, Oct. 22, in the Zenger Room of the National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, in Washington.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 19 October 2009
[Monday, October 19, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA's Ares I-X Rocket Arrives at Launch Pad in Florida
[Tuesday, October 20, 2009] For the first time in more than a quarter century, a new vehicle is sitting at Launch Pad 39B at NASA KSC. The Ares I-X flight test vehicle arrived at the pad atop of a giant crawler-transporter at approximately 7:45 a.m. EDT Tuesday.
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»» The International Space Station Discovers 'Planet 51'- Upcoming Animated Comedy Hitches Ride on Space Shuttle
[Tuesday, October 20, 2009] To celebrate the Solar System Premiere of Columbia Pictures' new animated comedy Planet 51, which will be released in theaters on Earth November 20, 2009, the film is currently orbiting the planet on the International Space Station!
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»» NASA Updates Shuttle Atlantis Target Launch Date, Crew Rehearsal
[Tuesday, October 20, 2009] NASA is targeting Nov. 16 for the launch of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-129 mission from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 20 October 2009
[Tuesday, October 20, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» Second SpaceX Dragonlab User Conference
[Wednesday, October 21, 2009] SpaceX has announced a second user conference for its commercial product DragonLab, a free-flying, reusable spacecraft capable of hosting pressurized and unpressurized payloads to and from orbit.
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»» NASA to Hold News Conference About Next Space Shuttle Launch
[Wednesday, October 21, 2009] NASA has scheduled a news conference for approximately 6 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 29, to discuss the status of the next space shuttle launch.
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»» Augustine Committee Report: Seeking a Human Spaceflight Program Worthy of a Great Nation
[Thursday, October 22, 2009] The U.S. human spaceflight program appears to be on an unsustainable trajectory. It is perpetuating the perilous practice of pursuing goals that do not match allocated resources.
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»» OSTP: Overview and Introduction of Augustine Committee Findings
[Thursday, October 22, 2009] In May, 2009 Dr. John Holdren, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, asked the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to initiate an independent review of its human space flight programs and plans.
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»» Human Spaceflight Committee Releases Its Report
[Thursday, October 22, 2009] After an extended period of writing and editing, the Augustine Committee's final report was delivered to the White House yesterday. Today it was released to the public at a media briefing held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 21 October 2009
[Thursday, October 22, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 22 October 2009
[Thursday, October 22, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 23 October 2009
[Sunday, October 25, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 24 October 2009
[Sunday, October 25, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 25 October 2009
[Sunday, October 25, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA Gives 'Go' for the Ares I-X Test Rocket Launch on Oct. 27
[Monday, October 26, 2009] NASA has completed a review of the Ares I-X development rocket's readiness for its flight test and selected Tuesday, Oct. 27, as the official launch date. Liftoff is scheduled for 8 a.m. EDT from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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»» Recovery.gov: NASA Solicitation: Commercial Crew and Cargo Program Office Support
[Monday, October 26, 2009] The purpose of this task order is to develop a set of human system integration requirements for application to commercial spacecraft in support of NASA's Commercial Crew and Cargo Program (C3PO).
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 26 October 2009
[Monday, October 26, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 3 of Increment 21.
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»» ESA ISS Science & System - Operations Status Report Increment 20 9 October 2009
[Monday, October 26, 2009] This is ISS status report No 52 from the European Space Agency outlining ESA’s science related activities that have taken place on the ISS during the past two weeks for different European experiments and experiment facilities.
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»» Volunteers wanted for simulated 520-day Mars mission
[Tuesday, October 27, 2009] Starting in 2010, an international crew of six will simulate a 520-day round-trip to Mars, including a 30-day stay on the martian surface.
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»» Recovery Act: NASA Solicitation: Commercial Crew Enabling Initiative - Upgrades to Launch Complex 40
[Tuesday, October 27, 2009] The contractor shall furnish all labor, equipment, materials and related activities necessary for the RECOVERY Commercial Crew Enabling Initiatives - Upgrades to Launch Complex 40, at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
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»» Columbia Memorial Space Science Learning Center Opens in Downey, California
[Tuesday, October 27, 2009] The Columbia Memorial Space Science Learning Center opens today in Downey, California. The facility is a memorial to the crews of both the space shuttle Columbia, lost in 2003, and Challenger, lost in 1986.
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»» Ares I-X Launch Team Aims for Second Try Tomorrow
[Tuesday, October 27, 2009] The Ares I-X launch team is preparing for a 24-hour turnaround, targeting 8 a.m. on Wednesday as liftoff time for the Ares I-X flight test vehicle.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 27 October 2009
[Tuesday, October 27, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA's Ares I-X Launch Rescheduled for Wednesday
[Tuesday, October 27, 2009] NASA mission managers canceled Tuesday's scheduled launch of the Ares I-X flight test because of weather concerns at the Kennedy Space Center. Another launch attempt is targeted for Wednesday. A four-hour launch window opens at 8 a.m. EDT.
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»» NASA Blog: Explaining The 4 Hour Launch Window for Ares 1-X
[Wednesday, October 28, 2009] One question that comes up a lot is why Ares I-X has a four-hour launch window. After all, unlike the Space Shuttle, it doesn't have to rendezvous with the Space Station, so what's the challenge? Actually, there are several.
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»» Liftoff! The Ares I-X Flight Test Begins
[Wednesday, October 28, 2009] Rising into the Florida sky, the 327-foot rocket thunders away from the launch pad, marking the first time a new vehicle has launched from the complex since the first space shuttle launch in 1981.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 28 October 2009
[Thursday, October 29, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA's Ares I-X Rocket Completes Successful Flight Test
[Thursday, October 29, 2009] NASA's Ares I-X test rocket lifted off at 11:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a two-minute powered flight.
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»» NASA Gives Go for Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch on Nov. 16
[Thursday, October 29, 2009] NASA's space shuttle Atlantis is targeted to begin an 11-day flight to the International Space Station with a Nov. 16 launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff is scheduled for 2:28 p.m. EST.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 29 October 2009
[Thursday, October 29, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA Invites Reporters to Tranquility Node Ceremony at Kennedy
[Friday, October 30, 2009] The European Space Agency, or ESA, will transfer ownership of the Tranquility node to NASA on Thursday, Nov. 19. NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida will host a commemorative ceremony at 3 p.m. EST.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 30 October 2009
[Saturday, October 31, 2009] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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»» NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 31 October 2009
[Saturday, October 31, 2009] ll ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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