[Friday, October 1, 2010] Space shuttle Discovery's final launch will be a landmark event for Embry-Riddle - the first time that two of its alumni will serve together in space.

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[Friday, October 1, 2010] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Friday, October 1, 2010] At wake-up, FE-5 Yurchikhin conducted the regular daily early-morning check of the aerosol filters at the Russian Elektron O2 generator which Maxim Suraev had installed on 10/19/09 in gaps between the BZh Liquid Unit and the oxygen outlet pipe.

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[Friday, October 1, 2010] NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) agreed on Friday to update the International Space Station launch schedule.

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[Saturday, October 2, 2010] As a continuation of NASA's CCDev initiative NASA intends to extend efforts to foster activity leading to the development of commercial crew transportation systems.

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[Saturday, October 2, 2010] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Sunday, October 3, 2010] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday - crew rest day.

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[Tuesday, October 5, 2010] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday - crew rest day. Ahead: Week 2 of Increment 25

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[Tuesday, October 5, 2010] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday - crew rest day. Ahead: Week 2 of Increment 25

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[Tuesday, October 5, 2010] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday - crew rest day. Ahead: Week 2 of Increment 25

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[Tuesday, October 5, 2010] We completed a successful wet dress rehearsal: rolling the rocket out to the pad, loading with propellants, performing a complete launch countdown sequence to just before ignition, and unloading the propellants and returning the vehicle to a safe state.

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[Thursday, October 7, 2010] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Friday, October 8, 2010] NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka launched to the International Space Station aboard their Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft at 6:10 p.m. CDT, Thursday, (5:10 a.m. Friday local time).

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[Friday, October 8, 2010] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Friday, October 8, 2010] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Saturday, October 9, 2010] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday - Soyuz 24S Docking Day.

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[Tuesday, October 12, 2010] As Shuttle Discovery was being processed in the iconic VAB for her very final mission of exploration, I interviewed the Space Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach inside the Shuttle Firing Room 4 where access is highly restricted.

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[Tuesday, October 12, 2010] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday - Crew rest day. First full day with the Exp-25 six-member crew. Ahead: Week 3 of Increment 25.

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[Tuesday, October 12, 2010] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday - Crew rest day. First full day with the Exp-25 six-member crew. Ahead: Week 3 of Increment 25.

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[Tuesday, October 12, 2010] NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced Tuesday the selection of Leland D. Melvin as the agency's new associate administrator for education, effective immediately. He succeeds James L. Stofan, who had served in an acting capacity since the spring.

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[Tuesday, October 12, 2010] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Thursday, October 14, 2010] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Thursday, October 14, 2010] Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne received a $60.3 million contract from NASA to provide continued Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) pre-launch, launch and post-launch support through March 31, 2011.

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[Friday, October 15, 2010] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Friday, October 15, 2010] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Saturday, October 16, 2010] The cargo for Discovery's last mission to space arrived at the shuttle launch pad just after 2 AM on Thursday, 7 October 2010.

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[Sunday, October 17, 2010] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday - crew rest day.

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[Sunday, October 17, 2010] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday - Crew rest day. Ahead: Week 4 of Increment 25

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[Monday, October 18, 2010] NASA managers will hold a news conference on Monday, Oct. 25, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to discuss the status of the next space shuttle launch.

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[Monday, October 18, 2010] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 4 of Increment 25

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[Tuesday, October 19, 2010] At the next space shuttle launch, NASA will host 150 people from around the world and provide them with a behind-the-scenes perspective to share with their followers via the social networking service Twitter.

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[Tuesday, October 19, 2010] The ISS MCB has approved a docking system standard. The standard will provide guidelines for a common interface to link future spacecraft ranging from crewed to autonomous vehicles and from low-Earth orbit to deep-space exploration missions.

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[Tuesday, October 19, 2010] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Tuesday, October 19, 2010] The 10th anniversary of human habitation of the International Space Station is Nov. 2, marking the date a decade ago when the Expedition 1 crew first docked with the station.

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[Wednesday, October 20, 2010] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Thursday, October 21, 2010] NASA will commemorate the 10th anniversary of human life, work and research on the International Space Station (ISS) with an Oct. 27 series of roundtable discussions.

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[Thursday, October 21, 2010] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Thursday, October 21, 2010] NASA Flight Directors Bryan Lunney from Houston and Royce Renfrew from Marble Falls, Texas, are available for live satellite interviews from 6 to 7 a.m. CDT Thursday, Oct. 28.

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[Saturday, October 23, 2010] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Sunday, October 24, 2010] NASA astronaut and International Space Station Commander Doug Wheelock became the first person to "check in" from space Friday using the mobile social networking application Foursquare.

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[Monday, October 25, 2010] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday - Crew rest day. Ahead: Week 5 of Increment 25

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[Monday, October 25, 2010] Space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to begin an 11-day mission to the International Space Station with a launch at 4:40 p.m. EDT on Monday, Nov. 1, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The STS-133 mission is Discovery's final scheduled flight.

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[Tuesday, October 26, 2010] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 5 of Increment 25.

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[Tuesday, October 26, 2010] NASA has issued an announcement seeking proposals from U. S. industry to further advance commercial crew space transportation concepts and mature the design and development of system elements, such as launch vehicles and spacecraft.

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[Tuesday, October 26, 2010] NASA will give 50 Twitter followers the opportunity to go inside the heart of a space shuttle mission during a Tweetup Tuesday, Nov. 9, at the agency's Johnson Space Center.

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[Tuesday, October 26, 2010] NASA has announced the successful activation of new hardware that will support water production services aboard the International Space Station.

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[Tuesday, October 26, 2010] NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida has set the news conferences, events and operating hours for the news center for the final scheduled launch of space shuttle Discovery.

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[Tuesday, October 26, 2010] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Tuesday, October 26, 2010] Robonaut 2, better known as R2, is packed and ready to blast into outer space next week aboard the space shuttle Discovery for his first real work assignment at the International Space Station (ISS).

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[Wednesday, October 27, 2010] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Thursday, October 28, 2010] The twin Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB's) that will power Shuttle Endeavour for her final flight to orbit in February took a rare road trip outside the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the Kennedy Space Center today, Wednesday, October 27.

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[Friday, October 29, 2010] The International Space Station partner agencies will mark a major milestone on Nov. 2 with the 10-year anniversary of people living permanently aboard the space station.

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[Friday, October 29, 2010] NASA briefed the media this morning on the helium and nitrogen leaks found last night on the space shuttle Discovery's right-hand Orbital Maneuvering System pod. NASA is confident the repairs will be successful allowing for a launch next Tuesday.

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[Friday, October 29, 2010] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Saturday, October 30, 2010] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Saturday, October 30, 2010] From 220 miles above Earth, one of the Expedition 25 crew members on the International Space Station took this night time photo featuring the bright lights of Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt on the Mediterranean coast.

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[Saturday, October 30, 2010] After meeting this morning to discuss the status of repairs to replace both shuttle and ground side couplings, NASA decided to delay the launch another 24 hours to allow engineers to complete testing and to allow for repressurization of helium tanks.

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