SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR UNDOCKS FROM STATION - Space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station at 1:26 p.m. EDT. After completing a fly-around of the space station, shuttle Endeavour will perform a maneuver to separate from the station.    More
(Source: NASA - Jul 28)

PHOTO: DOCKED SPACE SHUTTLE AND STATION CROSS THE SUN - A French photographer has captured a stunning photo of the space shuttle Endeavor docked with the International Space Station crossing the face of the sun. You couldn’t just aim your digital camera at the sky and get results like this. Thierry Legault, who is known for his amazing astronomical imagery, uses specialized solar filters to capture the images. When the shuttle docked with the ISS on July 15, the combined crews set a new record for space-vehicle occupancy.    More
(Source: Wired.com - Jul 28)

RUSSIAN CARGO SHIP LAUNCHES TOWARD THE SPACE STATION - An unmanned resupply ship for the International Space Station was successfully launched into orbit today, headed for a docking next week after the space shuttle Endeavour leaves the outpost. Flying atop a Russian Soyuz U booster, the Progress M-67 spacecraft rocketed away from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 1056 GMT (6:56 a.m. EDT). A preliminary orbit was achieved after a nine-minute ascent provided by the three-stage rocket.   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Jul 25)

STARGAZERS CAN SPOT SHUTTLE, SPACE STATION PASS OVER D.C. - The space shuttle Endeavour and the international space station, docked together and replete with a tiny town of astronauts, will cross Washington skies Saturday and Sunday nights, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory. The shuttle and the space station are 220 miles above the Earth and traveling at 17,500 mph. "It's going to be a bright, fast-moving dot with 13 of your fellow humans on board.   More
(Source: Washington Post - Jul 25)

SPACE SHUTTLE STS-127 FLIGHT DAY 10 - The fourth spacewalk for the STS-127 Mission was completed today at 5:06 pm EDT after seven hours and 12 minutes. Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn finished replacing old batteries on the Port 6 truss of the station. This task had been started on the third spacewalk of the mission, but was not finished due to a CO2 issue with Cassidy's spacesuit. There was no immediate danger, but ground control decided to end the walk prematurely just as a precaution.   More
(Source: Examiner.com - Jul 25)

SPACE SHUTTLE STS-127 FLIGHT DAY 9 - On their ninth day in space the crew of Endeavour, along with their ISS crewmate Koichi Wakata from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, finished transferring three payloads to Kibo's Exposed Facility from a cargo carrier. The astronauts used the Kibo robotic arm for the first time to do the task. MAXI, the Monitor of All-sky X-ray image experiment and SEDA-AP, the Space Environment Data Acquisition equipment - Attached Payload experiment are installed on the Exposed Facility.    More
(Source: Examiner.com - Jul 24)

CARBON DIOXIDE BUILDUP IN SUIT ENDS SPACEWALK EARLY - Flight controllers cut short today's STS-127 spacewalk when a carbon dioxide scrubber in astronaut Chris Cassidy's spacesuit failed to keep up with the steady work pace. Flight surgeons were closely monitoring the situation as sensors indicated a gradual buildup of carbon dioxide. Mission managers sent Cassidy and fellow spacewalker David Wolf back inside the International Space Station about half an hour eary.    More
(Source: Examiner.com - Jul 23)

SPACE SHUTTLE STS-127 FLIGHT DAY 5 - On their 5th day in space, the crew performed various duties in the shuttle and space station, including a look into to the Waste and Hygiene Compartment (WHC) for an unexpected malfunction. The WHC is one of the toilets in the space station. After some troubleshooting the crew indicated that the liquid separator was flooded. Some repairs will likely need to be performed when crew members get replacement parts.    More
(Source: Examiner.com - Jul 22)

TOILET IS FIXED ON SPACE STATION - As their colleagues on the ground signified the 40th anniversary of a man’s stepping onto the Moon’s surface, astronauts on the International Space Station tended to a more mundane task: fixing a toilet. A pump on the recently installed toilet in the American laboratory, Destiny, broke Sunday, contaminating part of the system. The pump’s function was to inject chemicals that helped separate liquids from solid waste.    More
(Source: New York Times - Jul 21)

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