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Aug. 13, 2007 -- HOUSTON - NASA has added a new computer program to help monitor the four gyroscopes that keep the International Space Station properly oriented without the use of rocket fuel. During a spacewalk on Monday, two astronauts from the space shuttle Endeavour removed and replaced a gyroscope that failed in late 2006.

Computer scientists at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., designed the new software for the space station. The Inductive Monitoring System will be added to a group of existing tools to identify and track problems related to the gyroscopes.    » read more »

14 August 2007 -- NASA engineers are trying to decide whether astronauts on board the space shuttle Endeavour will have to repair a gouge in the underside of the spaceship before they return to Earth next week. Up in orbit, three members of Endeavour's crew talked to reporters, and teacher-astronaut Barbara Morgan took questions from school children.

Astronauts used a robotic arm Tuesday to pick up a spare parts platform from Endeavour's cargo bay and pass it to the station's crane to snap into position on the outside of the International Space Station.    » read more »

10 August 2007 -- The U.S. space agency NASA says it has found what seems to be damage on the space shuttle Endeavour's heat shield.

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station spotted a gouge in the shuttle's heat-resistant tiles Friday as the orbiter approached for docking.

Video images beamed down from space indicate the damaged heat shield measures about 7.5 centimeters square, which is slightly less than 60 square centimeters. NASA officials suspect a piece of ice or insulating foam from the shuttle's external fuel tank hit the heat shield during launch on Wednesday.    » read more »

Aug. 9, 2007 -- HOUSTON - NASA is providing continuous television and Internet coverage of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-118 mission to the International Space Station. Endeavour launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 8 at 6:36 p.m. EDT.

NASA Television features live mission events, daily mission status news conferences and 24-hour commentary. NASA TV is webcast at:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv    » read more »

Aug. 8, 2007 -- CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Endeavour and its seven-member crew lifted off at 6:36 p.m. EDT Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The astronauts are on their way to the International Space Station for an assembly mission, designated STS-118.    » read more »

Aug. 8, 2007 -- WASHINGTON - As space shuttle Endeavour and 10 million cinnamon basil seeds are set to launch on a mission to the International Space Station, NASA has opened registration for the Lunar Plant Growth Chamber challenge.    » read more »

Aug. 7, 2007 -- WASHINGTON - On Tuesday NASA issued a Request for Information soliciting ideas and feedback to help shape the plan to procure safe, cost effective, and reliable logistics services to the International Space Station and other payload launch services.    » read more »

08 August 2007 -- The U.S. Space Shuttle Endeavour has lifted off into space late Wednesday from Cape Canaveral, Florida and is heading towards the International Space Station for a construction mission. As Cindy Saine reports from Washington, the spotlight is on teacher-turned-astronaut Barbara Morgan.    » read more »

July 17, 2007 -- A new oxygen generation system tested between July 11 and 14 aboard the International Space Station will allow the orbiting laboratory's crew size to increase in 2009.

The hardware is part of the station's environmental control and life support system and will be used to augment the Russian Elektron oxygen generator. With the increased capability to produce oxygen, the station can better support six crew members as they work and live aboard the outpost. The station currently supports a three-person crew.    » read more »

Mission marks first flight of teacher-turned-astronaut Barbara Morgan

10 July 2007 -- Washington -- Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew are scheduled to continue the next phase of International Space Station assembly with an August 7 launch and an 11-day mission to the orbital outpost.

The mission, STS-118, will deliver another truss (backbone) to the station and mark the first flight of mission specialist Barbara Morgan, a teacher-turned-astronaut whose association with NASA began more than 20 years ago.    » read more »

10 July 2007 -- NASA officials say they are ready to roll the Space Shuttle Endeavour to the launch pad in Florida in preparation for its scheduled launch to the International Space Station next month.

Kim Doering, the deputy manager of the Space Shuttle program, told reporters Endeavour will soon be transferred to the launch pad. "We had hoped to roll out this morning, but we did not get everything done before the end of the window, and we are expecting, potentially, some lightning at the Kennedy Space Center this afternoon. We cannot roll out if there is lightning." he said.    » read more »

July 6, 2007 -- HOUSTON - Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Clay Anderson this week finished preparing their spacesuits for a planned July 23 spacewalk. Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov also continued evaluating the computers on the Russian segment of the International Space Station.    » read more »

July 3, 2007 -- HOUSTON - NASA has signed a $46 million fixed price basic contract with S. P. Korolev Rocket and Space Public Corporation, also known as RSC Energia, in Korolev, Russia, for various hardware items and their integration into the International Space Station.    » read more »

June 29, 2007 -- HOUSTON -- After the departure of the space shuttle Atlantis, Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov returned to their daily operations aboard the International Space Station this week, while newly arrived Flight Engineer Clay Anderson began conducting scientific experiments.    » read more »

6/22/2007 - Space Shuttle Atlantis, STS-117, performed a successful landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on June 22.

The shuttle started its mission June 8 to perform maintenance on the International Space Station. STS-117 was the 21st mission to the space station and the 118th shuttle mission overall.

The Atlantis landing marks Edwards' 51st shuttle landing.

The next shuttle mission is scheduled to launch in August.

Source: USAF