[Thursday, September 1, 2011] The human history of exploration and grand designs--from Ferdinand Magellan to John Harrison to Roald Amundsen--has been a history of patronage and persistence.

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[Thursday, September 1, 2011] The agency's management structure has not kept pace with increasing hazards posed by abandoned equipment, spent rocket bodies, and other debris orbiting the Earth

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[Thursday, September 1, 2011] The Mars500 crew is only two months from their 'arrival' and they are waiting for seeing the sunlight.

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[Thursday, September 1, 2011] @Astro_Ron: At 8:56am GMT yesterday (6/2/11), the coast of Tanzania was outside our picture window

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[Thursday, September 1, 2011] As part of the regular Daily Morning Inspection, FE-1 Samokutyayev performed the routine checkup of the SM (Service Module) PSS Caution & Warning panel.

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[Friday, September 2, 2011] Katia was a tropical storm gathering energy over the Atlantic Ocean when one of the Expedition 28 crew took this photo on Aug. 31, 2011, from aboard the International Space Station.

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[Friday, September 2, 2011] @Astro_Ron: Lake Powell + SW Colorado #FromSpace Taken May 8th at 7:06pm GMT

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[Friday, September 2, 2011] Through a deft use of real Apollo era footage and re-created footage the film really manages to suspend lingering disbelief rather quickly. Often times its like watching the old grainy 70s era NASA features that NASA TV runs after midnight.

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[Friday, September 2, 2011] As part of the regular Daily Morning Inspection, FE-4 Volkov performed the routine checkup of the SM (Service Module) PSS Caution & Warning panel.

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[Friday, September 2, 2011] There has been a lot in the news recently about the International Space Station (ISS) and our astronauts aboard this orbiting outpost, and I wanted to take a moment to give you an update.

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[Saturday, September 3, 2011] As part of the regular Daily Morning Inspection, FE-1 Samokutyayev performed the routine checkup of the SM (Service Module) PSS Caution & Warning panel.

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[Sunday, September 4, 2011] Sicily is featured in this night time image captured by one of the Expedition 28 crew members aboard the International Space Station, approximately 220 miles above Earth.

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[Sunday, September 4, 2011] A last quarter moon appears at the center of this night time photo taken from the International Space Station in Earth orbit. A thin line of the planet's atmosphere is the other illuminated object in the picture.

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[Sunday, September 4, 2011] @Astro_Ron: Snow capped mountains where the borders of Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, + India come together #FromSpace 5/4

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[Sunday, September 4, 2011] This is ISS status report #100 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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[Sunday, September 4, 2011] (Highlights: Second Week of August 2011) -- Images of tropical southern Africa taken by the Crew Earth Observation (CEO) investigation, show a smoke pall of subcontinental proportions dominating the African plateau from central Zimbabwe to northern Malawi

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[Sunday, September 4, 2011] (Highlights: Third Week of August 2011) -- On Aug. 16, Satoshi Furukawa successfully completed three additional Shear History Extensional Rheology Experiment-2 (SHERE-2) runs.

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[Sunday, September 4, 2011] As part of the regular Daily Morning Inspection, FE-1 Samokutyayev performed the routine checkup of the SM (Service Module) PSS Caution & Warning panel.

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[Sunday, September 4, 2011] Clusters of yellow lights on the Indo-Gangetic Plain reveal numerous cities in this photograph of northern India and northern Pakistan. Of the hundreds of clusters, the largest are the capital cities of Islamabad, Pakistan, and New Delhi, India.

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[Monday, September 5, 2011] @Astro_Ron: #Greece #FromSpace on the 28th of Aug 11' @ 12:28pm GMT It's on the list #PlacesI want2goWhenIgetBack2Earth

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[Monday, September 5, 2011] @Astro_Ron: Sunglint on Newfoundland St. Pierre + Miquelon Gulf of St. Lawrence #FromSpace #NASA #ISS 8/27/11 @ 7:41pm GMT

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[Monday, September 5, 2011] Components of the International Space Station, though moving along at 17,500 miles per hour, appear to hover above the Pacific Ocean just off the California coast.

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[Monday, September 5, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Labor Day (US Holiday) - Crew off-duty day. Underway: Week 25 of Increment 28.

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[Tuesday, September 6, 2011] Crew A completed countless test events and not only survived, but thrived living in the Deep Space Habitat for 4 days and 3 nights straight.

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[Tuesday, September 6, 2011] Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov, Expedition 28 flight engineer, checks the progress of a new growth experiment on the BIO-5 Rasteniya-2 (Plants-2) payload with its LADA-01 greenhouse in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

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[Tuesday, September 6, 2011] As part of the regular Daily Morning Inspection, FE-1 Samokutyayev performed the routine checkup of the SM (Service Module) PSS Caution & Warning panel.

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[Tuesday, September 6, 2011] NASA will hold a news conference at 9:30 a.m. EDT on Friday, Sept. 9, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to discuss the organization that will manage the portion of the International Space Station operated as a U.S. national laboratory.

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[Tuesday, September 6, 2011] In cooperation with NASA, USAID will share a special, taped video message from astronauts at the International Space Station, encouraging world leaders to continue efforts to improve literacy rates around the world.

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[Tuesday, September 6, 2011] NASA will share the accomplishments, promise and opportunities for research aboard the International Space Station through an exhibit and a series of events in Colorado during September and October.

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[Wednesday, September 7, 2011] NASA should take steps to ensure that it maintains a highly trained astronaut corps to meet International Space Station (ISS) crew requirements while accounting for unexpected attrition or demands of other missions, says a new report by the NRC.

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[Wednesday, September 7, 2011] NASA Television will broadcast the return to Earth of three crew members who have called the International Space Station (ISS) home for more than five months.

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[Wednesday, September 7, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Thursday, September 8, 2011] City lights illuminate this night time view of southern California, Mexico's Baja California and the Gulf of Cortez, as photographed by one the Expedition 28 crew members onboard the International Space Station flying at altitude of approximately 220 mile

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[Thursday, September 8, 2011] This striking photograph reveals detail of the two great lagoons to the north and south of Kaliningrad, each protected from the open waters of the Baltic Sea by the thin perfect curves of current-generated sand spits.

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[Thursday, September 8, 2011] The unpiloted ISS Progress 43 supply vehicle departs from the International Space Station on Aug. 23, 2011. ... and an unmanned pod from the film "2001: A Space Odyssey" under control of the HAL 9000 computer.

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[Thursday, September 8, 2011] NASA has canceled the previously scheduled news conference on Friday, Sept. 9, about the award of the organization that will manage the portion of the International Space Station operated as a U.S. national laboratory.

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[Friday, September 9, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Friday, September 9, 2011] Robonaut 2 is pictured in the ISS shortly after it was powered up and teams on the ground sent power to the robot for the first time in space. The red flags tied around R2's wrists are to remind the crew not to use its arms as handles.

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[Friday, September 9, 2011] @Astro_Ron: #China + #Korea under Orion's Belt #Seol #Beijing #Tainjin #FromSpace What a beautiful @FragileOais

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[Friday, September 9, 2011] Rather than announce these results and move forward with development, the administration's budget office has kept the independent cost report under wraps.

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[Friday, September 9, 2011] NASA has finalized a cooperative agreement with the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) to manage the portion of the International Space Station that operates as a U.S. national laboratory.

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[Friday, September 9, 2011] NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 28 flight engineer, performs a check on Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) floating freely in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

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[Friday, September 9, 2011] @Astro_Clay: The beauty of Bazaruto Island, St. Antonio Island and Magaruque Island in the Mozambique Channel.

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[Friday, September 9, 2011] Construction on the first space-bound Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Module has begunwith the first weld at the Michoud Assembly Facility on Sept. 9. 2011.

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[Friday, September 9, 2011] This document covers four budgetary and Congressional scenarios whereby NASA would build the Space Launch System (SLS).

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[Saturday, September 10, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Saturday, September 10, 2011] The International Space Station Agricultural Camera (ISSAC) took flood images of Minot, ND, showing a false-color composite with three spectral bands; near infrared, red, and green band.

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[Saturday, September 10, 2011] NASA's Desert Research and Technology Studies (Desert RATS) crew has reached the mid-way point in the 14th annual Desert RATS mission, conducted at Black Point Lava Flow in the Arizona desert.

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[Saturday, September 10, 2011] The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is pleased to announce that its two new astronauts, Jeremy Hansen and David Saint-Jacques, have successfully completed their two-year basic training at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

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[Saturday, September 10, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday - Crew off-duty day.

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[Sunday, September 11, 2011] This night time view of northwestern Europe is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 28 crew member on the International Space Station.

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[Sunday, September 11, 2011] @Astro_Ron: Southern China #FromSpace taken 4/24/11 @ 10:48am GMT

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[Sunday, September 11, 2011] @Astro_Ron: #FromSpace Isla Contoy (left) + Isla Mujere directly opposite #Cancun #Mexico Taken 9/2/11 @ 4:52pm GMT

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[Sunday, September 11, 2011] The greater New York City metropolitan area can be studied in this photograph taken aboard the International Space Station by one of the Expedition 28 crew members.

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[Monday, September 12, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday - Crew off-duty day. Ahead: Week 26 (last week) of Increment 28.

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[Monday, September 12, 2011] NASA is offering space shuttle heat shield tiles and dehydrated astronaut food to eligible schools and universities.

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[Monday, September 12, 2011] Three International Space Station crew members will discuss their upcoming Expedition 30 and 31 missions in a news conference at 1 p.m. CDT Tuesday, Sept. 20, from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

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[Monday, September 12, 2011] The Commercial Spaceflight Federation is pleased to support a letter on NASA Space Technology funding, signed by 45 companies, nonprofits, and research universities, which was delivered to Congress last week.

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[Monday, September 12, 2011] The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will present a status of the Commercial Crew Program strategy on Friday, September 16, 2011. The Forum will be held at the Press Site at Kennedy Space Center from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

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[Tuesday, September 13, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 26 (last week) of Increment 28.

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[Tuesday, September 13, 2011] The Conrad Foundation is based on the rich legacy of the late Apollo 12 Astronaut and entrepreneur, Charles "Pete" Conrad. The Foundation was created by Pete's wife, Nancy Conrad, a teacher, education activist and Chairman of the Foundation.

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[Tuesday, September 13, 2011] These panoramic views of east-central Texas on September 6, 2011, highlights numerous smoke plumes caused by wildfires burning across the state.

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[Tuesday, September 13, 2011] Russia has announced the dates of its next manned space flights, after delaying previously scheduled missions following the crash of an unmanned Soyuz rocket carrying cargo to the International Space Station.

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[Tuesday, September 13, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Wednesday, September 14, 2011] WHO: NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Members of Congress, including U.S. Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Bill Nelson. WHEN:TODAY, Wednesday, Sept. 14, at 10 a.m.

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[Wednesday, September 14, 2011] NASA leaders will participate in two media events Wednesday, Sept. 14, to discuss the new Space Launch System that will take American astronauts farther into space than ever before.

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[Wednesday, September 14, 2011] Today is a big day at NASA. The next chapter of America's space exploration story is being written, right here, right now.

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[Wednesday, September 14, 2011] NASA has selected the design of a new Space Launch System that will take the agency's astronauts farther into space than ever before, create high-quality jobs here at home, and provide the cornerstone for America's future human space exploration efforts.

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[Wednesday, September 14, 2011] NASA and the White House had originally planned to put off a decision on a heavy launch capability until 2015 or so - and then fully compete the selection process based on an architecture that would define what was needed and when.

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[Wednesday, September 14, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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[Friday, September 16, 2011] Crew Wake/Sleep cycle shift: To accommodate Soyuz 26S undock tonight at 8:38pm EDT, crew wake/sleep cycle changes are in effect, featuring a late turn-in today, plus an "all-sleep" Friday

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[Friday, September 16, 2011] NASA and its international partners have agreed to a tentative launch schedule with crew flights to the International Space Station resuming on Nov. 14.

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[Friday, September 16, 2011] Excalibur Almaz USA, a commercial aerospace company working to provide cargo and human transportation services, will showcase its space flown Reusable Return Vehicle (RRV) to area students on September 23 beginning at 8:30 a.m.

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[Friday, September 16, 2011] Three International Space Station crew members safely returned to Earth Friday, Sept. 16, wrapping up a six-month mission of research and exploration.

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[Friday, September 16, 2011] @Astro_Ron: #Montauk, The Hamptons + New London CT #FromSpace Taken May 9th '11 @ 12:27pm (EST)

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[Friday, September 16, 2011] During this historic time of change within the space industry, the Coalition for Space Exploration (Coalition) wants to hear from the American public about what they envision for the future of space exploration.

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[Friday, September 16, 2011] Crew Wake/Sleep cycle shift: To accommodate Soyuz 26S departure last night, crew wake/sleep cycle changes were in effect, coming to an end today with a free day until tomorrow 2:00am EDT).

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[Saturday, September 17, 2011] On 17 September 1976, NASA's space shuttle Enterprise rolled out of the Palmdale manufacturing facilities and was greeted by NASA officials and cast members from the 'Star Trek' television series. Today, Enterprise is on display at the Smithsonian.

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[Saturday, September 17, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday - Crew off duty. Underway: Increment 29 (three-person crew).

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[Saturday, September 17, 2011] Backdropped against clouds, the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft departs from the International Space Station and heads toward a landing in a remote area outside the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Sept. 16, 2011.

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[Monday, September 19, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday Crew off duty. Ahead: Week 1 of Increment 29 (three-person crew).

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[Monday, September 19, 2011] This video of the Aurora Australis was created from a sequence of still shots taken by astronauts on board the International Space Station. The images were acquired on September 11, 2011.

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[Monday, September 19, 2011] An international crew of astronauts will venture into the Atlantic Ocean on Oct. 17 to test innovative solutions to engineering challenges during a crewed mission to an asteroid.

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[Monday, September 19, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 1 of Increment 29 (three-person crew).

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[Monday, September 19, 2011] NASA is releasing a Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP) for the Commercial Crew Integrated Design Contract (CCIDC). Previous releases regarding CCIDC were a Sources Sought Notice and Draft Requirements Documents.

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[Monday, September 19, 2011] NASA unveiled Monday an outline of its acquisition strategy to procure transportation services from private industry to carry U.S. astronauts to low Earth orbit and the International Space Station.

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[Tuesday, September 20, 2011] Already engineered for use in applications ranging from desalination plants to treating non-potable water for backpackers, forward osmosis is the natural diffusion of water through a semi-permeable membrane.

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[Tuesday, September 20, 2011] NASA is announcing the International Space Apps Competition to support the Open Government Partnership (OGP), which President Barack Obama announced Tuesday.

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[Wednesday, September 21, 2011] Bob Lipert held up a syringe, attached a plastic cartridge and demonstrated how chemistry developed at Iowa State University is helping astronauts and cosmonauts make sure they have safe drinking water at the International Space Station.

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[Wednesday, September 21, 2011] Last March, our organization put together a letter, signed by over 300 of America's brightest college students in space-related fields from over 35 universities, to express the opinion of college students on the future of U.S. human spaceflight.

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[Wednesday, September 21, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. FE-4 Sergei Volkov performed the routine checkup of the SM (Service Module) PSS Caution & Warning panel as part of the regular Daily Morning Inspection.

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[Wednesday, September 21, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. FE-4 Sergei Volkov performed the routine checkup of the SM (Service Module) PSS Caution & Warning panel as part of the regular Daily Morning Inspection.

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[Thursday, September 22, 2011] The Plants in Space project will allow students and teachers to examine root growth in microgravity and compare the results with those from plants used in their own ground-based experiments.

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[Thursday, September 22, 2011] NASA is releasing the initial version of a Global Exploration Roadmap (GER) developed by the International Space Exploration Coordination Group. This roadmap is the culmination of work by 12 space agencies, including NASA.

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[Thursday, September 22, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. FE-4 Sergei Volkov performed the routine checkup of the SM (Service Module) PSS Caution & Warning panel as part of the regular Daily Morning Inspection.

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[Friday, September 23, 2011] A highlight of the Fathom Event commemorating a half century since she first journeyed to Africa to study the behavior of the wild chimpanzee, will be iconic research pioneer Jane Goodall on videotape speaking with the astronauts from the ISS.

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[Friday, September 23, 2011] NASA has released the acquisition overview for the Space Launch System (SLS). SLS is an entirely new advanced, heavy-lift launch vehicle that will take the agency's astronauts farther into space than ever before.

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[Friday, September 23, 2011] This photograph highlights the mostly dry bed of Owens Lake, located in the Owens River Valley between the Inyo Mountains and the Sierra Nevada. Shallow groundwater, springs, and seeps support minor wetlands and a central brine pool.

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[Friday, September 23, 2011] Backdropped by Earth's horizon and the blackness of space, a docked Russian Soyuz spacecraft is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 29 crew member on the International Space Station.

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[Friday, September 23, 2011] This photograph taken by an astronaut on the International Space Station highlights a sand dune field within the Burqin-Haba River-Jimunai Desert near the borders of China, Mongolia, Russia, and Kazakhstan

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[Sunday, September 25, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Autumnal Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere (Vernal Equinox in the Southern Hemisphere). Summer goodbye!

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[Sunday, September 25, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday - Crew off duty.

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[Sunday, September 25, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday - Crew off duty. Ahead: Week 2 of Increment 29 (three-person crew).

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[Monday, September 26, 2011] @ASTRO_RON: "How I spent my last day in space That's me in the cupola of the International Space Station off the coast of Australia taking my last of over 25,000 pics that I still want to share w/ everyone."

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[Monday, September 26, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Underway: Week 2 of Increment 29 (three-person crew).

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[Wednesday, September 28, 2011] All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. FE-4 Sergei Volkov performed the routine checkup of the SM (Service Module) PSS Caution & Warning panel as part of the regular Daily Morning Inspection.

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[Wednesday, September 28, 2011] Today, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher continued his criticism of NASA's new design for deep space exploration by sending a letter to former NASA's Administrator Griffin asking him to join a call for NASA to release their recent analysis regarding on-orbit fuel de

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[Wednesday, September 28, 2011] A team of researchers from Portland State University (PSU), NASA, and the University of Bremen, Germany, are conducting a remote-controlled experiment taking place on the International Space Station (ISS).

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[Wednesday, September 28, 2011] FE-4 Sergei Volkov performed the routine checkup of the SM (Service Module) PSS Caution & Warning panel as part of the regular Daily Morning Inspection.

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[Wednesday, September 28, 2011] NASA /Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) has a requirement for large cryogenic Stages (Core Stage and Upper Stage) that are part of the Space Launch System (SLS) that will be capable of lifting 70 to 130 metric tons payload to a Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

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[Wednesday, September 28, 2011] NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) has a requirement for Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage Engines.

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[Thursday, September 29, 2011] NASA invites its Twitter followers to a special Tweetup with Sandy Magnus and Chris Ferguson at 4 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 13. The event will be in the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. SW, Washington.

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[Thursday, September 29, 2011] NASA Inspector General Paul K. Martin today released a report that examines NASA's efforts to develop radiation monitoring instruments for the International Space Station.

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[Thursday, September 29, 2011] Today at 9:16am EDT, China launched its first space station complex, TianGong-1 (Heavenly Palace), from the Jinquan Satellite Launch Center, on a Long March 2F/G rocket.

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[Friday, September 30, 2011] NASA leaders met Thursday to discuss acquisition plans for the agency's new heavy-lift rocket with hundreds of representatives of aerospace industry companies, small businesses and independent entrepreneurs.

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[Friday, September 30, 2011] This is my last day at NASA and writing to you is one of my final acts here. In looking back on my career at NASA that began in September of 1973, I have many great memories of working on Space Shuttle, Space Station, and Exploration.

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