[Friday, June 1, 2007] In late May, the Deep Phreatic Thermal Explorer (DEPTHX) robot successfully navigated one of the world's deepest sinkholes. The mission could be a prelude to a future mission to Jupiter's moon Europa, believed to contain a liquid water ocean.

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[Friday, June 1, 2007] "I am very pleased with the work NASA has completed in preparing this report and implementation plan for operating the ISS as a National Laboratory," Sen. Hutchison said.

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[Friday, June 1, 2007] With the age of globalization, increased connectivity is increasingly the rule.  To make efficient use of this trend and remain competitive both economically and technologically, interoperability becomes a necessity.

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[Friday, June 1, 2007] On Thursday, NASA senior managers selected June 8 as the official launch date for space shuttle Atlantis. Commander Rick Sturckow and his six crewmates are scheduled to lift off at 7:38 p.m. EDT on the STS-117 mission to the International Space Station.

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[Friday, June 1, 2007] NASA prepared this report outlining a plan for the International Space Station National Laboratory in response to direction in Section 507 of the NASA Authorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-155).

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[Friday, June 1, 2007] Today, two and a half years after the historic landing of ESA's Huygens probe on Titan, a new set of results on Saturn's largest moon is ready to be presented. Titan, as seen through the eyes of Huygens still holds exciting surprises, scientists say.

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[Friday, June 1, 2007] Using a suite of four telescopes, astronomers have captured an image of Altair, one of the closest stars to our own and a fixture in the summer sky.

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[Saturday, June 2, 2007] "We currently have over 100 meetings scheduled with congressional staff members and need your support to help us meet with as many more as possible. Please join us to make sure that the Vision is full funded."

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[Saturday, June 2, 2007] Like countless others before it, the data packet rode a radio signal more than 500 million miles from the New Horizons spacecraft to Earth, filtering through NASA's largest antennas late last week to mission and science operations center computers.

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[Saturday, June 2, 2007] Spirit is still making new discoveries despite dragging its feet, so to speak, after losing use of the right front wheel 426 sols, or Martian days, ago.

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[Saturday, June 2, 2007] While stationed at the "Madrid/Guadarrama" outcrop on the "Cape of Good Hope," Opportunity has been studying a cobble with unusual spectral characteristics as measured by the panoramic camera.

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[Saturday, June 2, 2007] The local chapter of International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers representing employees in the NASA KSC area has rejected an offer from United Space Alliance.

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[Monday, June 4, 2007] While a number of remarkable discoveries in astronomy and astrophysics have taken place over the past 20 years, many important questions remain. Continued progress in these fields will require NASA's leadership.

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[Monday, June 4, 2007] The wonder and science of the search for extrasolar planets will come 'down to Earth' in a unique way on Tuesday evening, June 5, when a new artistic installation is unveiled at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD.

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[Monday, June 4, 2007] When it comes to air pollution, the smallest size can do the most harm. More than a decade ago, a pioneering study showed that one of the most dangerous forms of air pollution is particulate matter 10 microns (about 0.0004 inch) or less in size.

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[Monday, June 4, 2007] NASA's MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft will make its closest pass to Venus on Tuesday, June 5.

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[Monday, June 4, 2007] Anyone connected by Internet can now see planet Mars better than at any time in history, through the eye of HiRISE, the most powerful camera ever to orbit another planet.

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[Tuesday, June 5, 2007] "Your recent piece in Wired made the assertion that NASA's priorities are misplaced. It was a thoughtful piece, but we respectfully disagree."

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[Tuesday, June 5, 2007] To help establish those objective, NASA asked the NRC to provide guidance on the scientific challenges and opportunities enabled by sustained robotic and human exploration of the Moon during the period 2008-2013+.

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[Tuesday, June 5, 2007] The NRAO is teaming with NASA's upcoming Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) to allow astronomers to use both the orbiting facility and ground-based radio telescopes to maximize their scientific payoff.

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[Tuesday, June 5, 2007] A main engine computer upgrade will fly on space shuttle Atlantis during the STS-117 mission, targeted for launch June 8. The upgrade is part of NASA's continuing efforts to improve space shuttle safety and reliability.

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[Tuesday, June 5, 2007] A nearly 400-year-old metal cargo tag bearing the words "Yames Towne" and some commemorative mementoes are packed in Atlantis' middeck floor cargo space for the roundtrip flight to the International Space Station.

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[Tuesday, June 5, 2007] On Saturday, June 2, two platforms, Away 32 and Away 33, were carried aloft by balloon. These platforms were loaded. Away 32 was the first in the air. It reached 94,000 feet with a fast climb rate of 1,300 feet per minute.

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[Wednesday, June 6, 2007] Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's Presidential campaign held an "Issues Forum & Breakfast" this morning in Washington, DC. at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill - and space policy was on the agenda.

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[Thursday, June 7, 2007] There is a 20-percent chance that conditions will not meet the weather criteria for launch Friday. The main concern is clouds associated with inland thunderstorms.

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[Thursday, June 7, 2007] The X PRIZE Foundation announced today a new education competition designed to cultivate interest and excitement in the fields of space, science and technology.

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[Thursday, June 7, 2007] On Wednesday, the Expedition 15 crew completed the second spacewalk in eight days and continued preparations for space shuttle Atlantis' arrival at the International Space Station.

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[Thursday, June 7, 2007] NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft swung by Venus for the second time early this evening for a gravity assist that shrank the radius of its orbit around the Sun, pulling it closer to Mercury.

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[Thursday, June 7, 2007] NASA managers officially are targeting Sept. 10, 2008, for the launch of the fifth and final space shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.

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[Thursday, June 7, 2007] NPOESS is a tri- agency acquisition--managed by the Departments of Commerce and Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration--which experienced escalating costs, schedule delays, and technical difficulties.

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[Thursday, June 7, 2007] During the Russian spacewalk conducted by cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 commander, and Oleg Kotov, flight engineer, on June 6, 2007, Yurchikhin commented on damage to a multi-layer insulation (MLI) protective blanket on the Zarya module.

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[Friday, June 8, 2007] 4:45 p.m. EDT The STS-117 crew is at Launch Pad 39A. Commander Sturckow was first to be secured in his seat, followed by pilot Lee Archambault on the flight deck.

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[Friday, June 8, 2007] NASA CoLab is a Collaborative Space Exploration Laboratory being developed at NASA. CoLab will provide a framework for exciting partnership ... all projects between the nation’s space program and the thriving technology-entrepreneurial community.

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[Friday, June 8, 2007] Cheers and shouts can be heard throughout the Kennedy Space Center as Atlantis roars off the launch pad into a clear blue Florida sky!

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[Friday, June 8, 2007] After reaching orbit, Atlantis' crew began procedures to open the shuttle's payload bay doors and set up computers and other equipment. They also will power up the shuttle's robotic arm to check its operation.

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[Sunday, June 10, 2007] "NASA powers inspiration that encourages future generations to explore, learn, and build a better future."

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[Sunday, June 10, 2007] A new computer model simulates convection patterns in the deep interior of the Sun in unprecedented detail. The patterns, known as giant cells, play a critical role in solar variability, influencing magnetic storms that take aim at Earth.

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[Sunday, June 10, 2007] Canada's space telescope, MOST, placed Gleise 581 under a scientific stakeout for about a month and a half, after a planet that might be capable of supporting life was discovered in that system.

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[Sunday, June 10, 2007] This team has "weighed" a star in a binary system with a mass of 114 times the mass of the Sun, thus breaking the 100 barrier for the first time. Even its companion is no slouch, with 84 solar masses.

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[Sunday, June 10, 2007] A team of astronomers from Canada, France and the United States is announcing the discovery of a record-breaking black hole located nearly 13 billion light years from the Earth.

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[Sunday, June 10, 2007] A runaway black hole barreling out of a galaxy at more than two billion miles per hour? Evidence of a quick getaway in the aftermath of a massive intergalactic collision? That's just what these astronomers have been searching for.

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[Sunday, June 10, 2007] Space Shuttle Atlantis and the STS-117 crew arrived at the International Space Station at 3:36 p.m. EDT, delivering a new truss segment and crew member to the orbital outpost.

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[Monday, June 11, 2007] NASA's Associate Administrator for Legislative Affairs Brian Chase and Deputy Chief of Staff and White House Liaison J. T. Jezierski are leaving NASA very soon.

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[Monday, June 11, 2007] The STS-117 and Expedition 15 crew members will put on their construction hats today to continue the assembly of the International Space Station. They will use the station's robotic arm and conduct a spacewalk to attach and activate a new truss segment.

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[Monday, June 11, 2007] STS-117 Mission Specialists Jim Reilly and John “Danny” Olivas kicked off the mission’s first spacewalk at 4:02 p.m. EDT. The duo is performing tasks necessary to activate the Starboard 3 and 4

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[Tuesday, June 12, 2007] Noted astrobiologist Imre Friedmann died yesterday morning. Friedmann guided the developing careers of many of today's leading astrobiologists.

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[Tuesday, June 12, 2007] Northrop Grumman Foundation announced today that it will sponsor the national Weightless Flights of Discovery, an innovative science and engineering education program that incorporates zero gravity flight experiences for teachers.

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[Tuesday, June 12, 2007] The International Space Station’s new solar arrays are stretching to their full length with the assistance of the STS-117 and Expedition 15 crews. The array is on the Starboard 3 and 4 (S3/S4) truss segment that was attached to the station Monday.

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[Tuesday, June 12, 2007] A new NASA study proposes a novel technique to pinpoint more precisely the location of Earth's center of mass and how it moves through space.

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[Tuesday, June 12, 2007] If you check this photo taken in Space Shuttle Atlantis' middeck you will see that an iPod and other items such as a bible are velcroed to the cabin wall.

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[Wednesday, June 13, 2007] Astrium has unveiled a business jet sized vehicle is designed to carry four passengers 100 km up into space giving more than three minutes of "zero G" or weightlessness.

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[Thursday, June 14, 2007] The International Space Station grew Monday when STS-117 and Expedition 15 crew members attached the Starboard 3 and 4 truss (S3/S4) segment.

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[Thursday, June 14, 2007] NASA-funded astrobiologists at the University of California, Berkeley have discovered evidence supporting the presence of large oceans of liquid water on early Mars.

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[Thursday, June 14, 2007] A team of astronomers has recalculated the explosion date of the Crab Nebula supernova and found agreement between their measurements and the classic date of the 1054 A.D. appearance of a bright "guest star" seen in the constellation Taurus.

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[Thursday, June 14, 2007] Saturn's moons Tethys and Dione are flinging great streams of particles into space, according to data from Cassini. The discovery suggests the possibility of some sort of geological activity, perhaps even volcanic, on these icy worlds.

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[Thursday, June 14, 2007] NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has learned, for the first time, that organic molecules believed to be among life's building blocks, called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, can survive another type of harsh setting, an explosion called a supernova.

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[Thursday, June 14, 2007] Atlantis and ISS crews today partially retracted a solar array and prepared for the third spacewalk that will focus on repair of a damaged thermal blanket on the shuttle and assisting “on the scene" with additional retraction of the array.

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[Friday, June 15, 2007] On June 11, during a procedure to prepare the Dawn spacecraft for spin-balance testing, the back of a solar array panel was slightly damaged by a technician's tool. There is no impact to the launch date of July 7.

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[Friday, June 15, 2007] The first images from MESSENGER's second flyby of Venus are in. MESSENGER flew within 338 kilometers (210 miles) of Venus on June 5, obtaining a gravity assist that shrank the radius of the probe's orbit around the Sun, pulling it closer to Mercury.

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[Friday, June 15, 2007] The Space Exploration Alliance (SEA) launched the 2007 Moon-Mars Blitz this week in Washington, DC, meeting with almost 100 members of Congress and their staff members to support the American space program.

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[Friday, June 15, 2007] A young star's strange elliptical ring of dust likely heralds the presence of an undiscovered Neptune-sized planet, says a University of Rochester astronomer in the latest Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

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[Friday, June 15, 2007] Hubble and the W.M. Keck Observatory have precisely measured the mass of Eris, the largest member of a new class of dwarf planets in our solar system. Eris is 1.27 times the mass of Pluto.

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[Friday, June 15, 2007] Two top secret NRO ocean surveillance spacecraft were fired into the wrong orbit June 15 when the 200-foot-tall Atlas V rocket they were riding on stopped firing too early in space following launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla.

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[Saturday, June 16, 2007] The situation aboard space shuttle Atlantis and the ISS improved greatly today following repair of a protruding thermal blanket, restoring power to problematic Russian navigation computers, and completing retraction of a finicky solar array.

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[Saturday, June 16, 2007] Hawaii lawmakers took a bold step toward independent leadership in space exploration by passing a bill establishing initial funding for a new research and education center at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, on the Big Island of Hawaii.

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[Saturday, June 16, 2007] Although eight anomalies have been identified by post-flight data analysis, the upper stage control anomaly was the only known issue that prevented this mission from achieving orbit.

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[Saturday, June 16, 2007] In a continuing improvement of the onboard Russian computer system, all six channels are now operating in the two Russian command-and-control and the guidance-and-navigation computers that stopped operating three days ago.

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[Monday, June 18, 2007] Approves Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines, Workplan for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Proposes Draft Resolution on Registering Space Objects

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[Monday, June 18, 2007] The nation's first autonomous satellite servicing demonstration has resumed unmated demonstration activities as the successful Orbital Express mission continues its three month mission.

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[Monday, June 18, 2007] "GAO found that overall NASA's policies, including its recently revised media policy, are clear and should help facilitate dissemination regardless of the dissemination approach used."

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[Monday, June 18, 2007] The 17.3-month flight mission succeeded in collecting all the data needed to carry out this unprecedented, direct experimental test of Einstein's general theory of relativity-his theory of gravity.

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[Monday, June 18, 2007] Today ESA's Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain and NASA's Administrator Michael Griffin signed the official agreements that define the terms of the cooperation on the JWST and on the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) Pathfinder mission.

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[Monday, June 18, 2007] Through three new Space Act agreements, NASA is expanding cooperation with companies interested in commercializing access to space. The companies are developing capabilities to transport goods and people to low Earth orbit.

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[Monday, June 18, 2007] The rovers will conduct a comprehensive site survey of the "Drill Hill" area using a 3D lidar (for topographic mapping) and the JPL CRUX ground-penetrating radar (for subsurface mapping).

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[Monday, June 18, 2007] With an active Atlantic hurricane season expected for 2007, NOAA’s high-powered satellites are ready to send forecasters a steady stream of crisp, detailed images, and other important data, of any storm that develops in the Western Hemisphere.

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[Monday, June 18, 2007] Crews aboard Atlantis and the ISS bid farewell to one another and closed the hatches between their spacecraft at 5:51 p.m. today in preparation for the shuttle's departure Tuesday morning at 9:42 a.m.

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[Tuesday, June 19, 2007] The astronauts on space shuttle Atlantis woke up this morning with the hatch to the International Space Station closed and only hours left before undocking for the two-day trip back to Earth.

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[Tuesday, June 19, 2007] ESA is preparing for future human exploration missions to Mars. We are currently looking for volunteers to take part in a 520-day simulated Mars mission.

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[Tuesday, June 19, 2007] STS-117's constructive stay at the International Space Station came to a close today when space shuttle Atlantis undocked. The two spacecraft parted ways at 10:42 a.m. EDT as they flew over the Coral Sea northeast of Australia.

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[Tuesday, June 19, 2007] NASA and The Reader's Digest National Word Power Challenge announced a partnership to improve science literacy in America by integrating science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) vocabulary into the nation's premier vocabulary competition.

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[Tuesday, June 19, 2007] "Regardless of who flies to the Moon and beyond, space exploration would not move forward without Colorado. Colorado has the Nation's third-largest space economy in terms of employment. "

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[Wednesday, June 20, 2007] NASA has scheduled a media teleconference for Monday, June 25, at 2 p.m. EDT to discuss a plan to use the U.S. segment of the International Space Station as a national laboratory.

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[Wednesday, June 20, 2007] Observing the image of a faint object that lies close to a star is a demanding task as the object is generally hidden in the glare of the star. Thanks to a new ESO imaging spectrograph, this is now feasible.

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[Wednesday, June 20, 2007] "Nothing there," is what Case Western Reserve University physicists concluded about black holes after spending a year working on complex formulas to calculate the formation of new black holes

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[Wednesday, June 20, 2007] Spirit got a second spring cleaning on Mars with a dust-cleaning event that increased power from the rover's solar arrays by 120 watt-hours. Spirit previously experienced dust-lifting winds in 2005.

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[Wednesday, June 20, 2007] Some of the pictures coming back from space today have a special significance for me, and, as I correctly anticipated, a number of my friends who have also worked on the space station program over the years - regardless of which name it is/was called.

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[Wednesday, June 20, 2007] "Last month I undertook a reorganisation to streamline the Executive Committee and corporate structure. As a result we now have simpler and more effective decision-making processes."

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[Thursday, June 21, 2007] The astronauts on space shuttle Atlantis are just hours away from an anticipated landing in Florida to conclude a nearly 13-day mission to deliver new electrical generation capacity for expansion of the International Space Station.

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[Thursday, June 21, 2007] A real rocket race is on the horizon with the return of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge - the centerpiece of the Wirefly X PRIZE Cup and Holloman Air and Space Expo.

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[Thursday, June 21, 2007] The STS-117 crew is getting an extra day in space thanks to poor weather conditions at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Space shuttle Atlantis has four landing opportunities available Friday, with the first at 2:16 p.m. EDT in Florida.

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[Thursday, June 21, 2007] NASA has selected proposals for future lunar science activities and established two new programs that will enhance research made possible by the Vision for Space Exploration.

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[Thursday, June 21, 2007] Someday, astronauts on the moon may pour liquid onto a disc-shaped mesh to make a huge mirror for a powerful telescope, according to a technical article just made public.

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[Friday, June 22, 2007] When the JPL-NASA Mars Science Laboratory rover launches in 2009, it will carry this combination laser-telescope unit and enable the gadget-packed rover to know a great deal about rocks in its general vicinity.

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[Friday, June 22, 2007] "Since I last wrote in mid-May, New Horizons has continued its traverse down the magnetotail of Jupiter. That final phase of our Jupiter flyby science will conclude tomorrow, on June 21."

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[Friday, June 22, 2007] Mission control has given a go for landing at Edwards Air Force Base. Kennedy Space Center was waved off as the landing site due to continuing weather concerns. After a 2:43 p.m. EDT deorbit burn, Atlantis is targeted to land at 3:49 p.m.

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[Friday, June 22, 2007] The SGAC has been given an opportunity to provide the perspective of the space generation – students and young space professionals from around the world – to the process of producing a vision for the next 50 years of space exploration.

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[Friday, June 22, 2007] When we think of extrasolar Earth-like planets, the first tendency is to imagine weird creatures like Jar Jar Binks, Chewbacca, and, if those are not bizarre enough, maybe even the pointy-eared Vulcan, Spock, of Star Trek fame.

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[Friday, June 22, 2007] New computer models, from both Earth-based spectroscopy and space mission data, are providing space scientists compelling evidence for a better understanding of planetary atmospheric chemistry.

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[Friday, June 22, 2007] These Hubble Space Telescope images of Vesta and Ceres show two of the most massive asteroids in the asteroid belt, a region between Mars and Jupiter. The images are helping astronomers plan for the Dawn spacecraft's tour of these hefty asteroids. 

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[Friday, June 22, 2007] These Hubble Space Telescope images of Vesta and Ceres show two of the most massive asteroids in the asteroid belt, a region between Mars and Jupiter. The images are helping astronomers plan for the Dawn spacecraft's tour of these hefty asteroids. 

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[Friday, June 22, 2007] STS-117 Commander Rick Sturckow and Pilot Lee Archambault landed space shuttle Atlantis at 3:49 p.m. at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

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[Monday, June 25, 2007] Rep. Rohrabacher sent a letter to Rep. Mark Udall, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, requesting a hearing to examine the United States' ability to track Near Earth Objects that potentially pose a significant threat to the planet.

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[Monday, June 25, 2007] A new Small Business Administration policy set to take effect on June 30th will allow NASA to continue to count contracts to Fortune 1000 firms towards their federally mandated 23 percent small business contracting goal.

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[Tuesday, June 26, 2007] "There is so much that goes on at headquarters and I want to be able to pull the curtain back on at least some of it and also explain what is going on with new initiatives."

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[Tuesday, June 26, 2007] "I was in Colorado and Arizona on June 17-20. I will write more about my meetings there in my next entry. ... the main purpose has been to focus on fiscal year (FY) 2008 appropriations for NASA."

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[Tuesday, June 26, 2007] NASA will hold a teleconference to discuss the scientific reasoning and risks related to the Mars rover Opportunity's planned descent into the massive "Victoria Crater." Opportunity has been exploring layered rocks in cliffs around the Martian crater.

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[Wednesday, June 27, 2007] NASA's Gamma ray Large Area Telescope (GLAST) awaits its launch in December this year and is currently living in a "clean room" at General Dynamics in Gilbert, Ariz., while it's being checked and tested.

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[Wednesday, June 27, 2007] ESA's orbiting gamma-ray observatory, Integral, has made a pioneering unequivocal discovery of radioactive iron-60 in our galaxy that provides powerful insight into the workings of massive stars that pervade and shape it.

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[Wednesday, June 27, 2007] In July 2007 several hundred students will get look over the shoulder of space researchers at a remote research base in the Canadian arctic. The place: Devon Island, a place many call "Mars on Earth".

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[Thursday, June 28, 2007] Since the Arecibo radar system may lose all its funding from NSF as soon as next year, Cornell astronomer Joseph Burns quips, "Let's hope that we find all the dangerous asteroids in the next few months."

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[Thursday, June 28, 2007] Research comparing silicon samples from Earth, meteorites and planetary materials, published in Nature (28th June 2007), provides new evidence that the Earth's core formed under very different conditions from those that existed on Mars.

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[Friday, June 29, 2007] A NASA satellite has captured the first occurrence this summer of mysterious iridescent polar clouds that form 50 miles above Earth's surface.

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[Friday, June 29, 2007] Leaders from 11 professional science and engineering societies called on Congress today to boost NASA’s fiscal year 2008 budget or risk losing the nation’s scientific and engineering primacy.

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[Friday, June 29, 2007] On Thursday the House Committee on Science and Technology's Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics examined the NASA Fiscal Year 2008 budget request and plans for the Earth science and applications programs.

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[Friday, June 29, 2007] Opportunity is scheduled to begin a descent down a rock-paved slope into massive Victoria Crater. This latest trek carries real risk for the long-lived robotic explorer, but NASA and the Mars Rover science team expect it to provide valuable science.

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