Okay. Not much to say except: a Japanese astronaut broadcast his preparation of sushi aboard the International Space Station. (Salmon! My favorite!)

The biggest share of stimulus money awarded by NASA for a private spacecraft went to Sierra Nevada Corporation…which is developing Dream Chaser to carry astronauts to the International Space Station.
The craft doesn’t exist yet (except as a full-scale mockup, pictured above), but the company claims it will be ready to go in 2014.
The $20 million [...]

I just added myself to the nearly 23,000 followers of T.J. Creamer, an astronaut currently aboard the International Space Station. This morning, Creamer became the first person to live “tweet” from space. His historic tweet said “Hello Twitterverse!”
I’m also following two of his crew mates.
Some years back, I received (forwarded to me) an email from [...]

The European Space Agency (ESA) wants the International Space Station to keep flying at least through 2020…five years past its sceduled retirement.
Jean-Jacques Dordain, Dirctor General of ESA, says that science at the ISS is being hurt by uncertainty over its future. He says that scientists seem reluctant to propose new projects for a facility that [...]

The final shuttle flight, currently scheduled to launch September 16, 2010 will have a crew of six veteran astronauts.

Eric Boe (pilot), will be making his second flight. Previously, he flew as pilot of STS-126 in 2008.
Benjamin Drew (mission specialist) previously flew on STS-118 in 2007.
Timothy Kopra just completed a shuttle mission, having been launched aboard [...]

David W. Thompson, chairman Orbital Sciences, a corporation that won a contract to re-supply the International Space Station, says his company wants to provide manned flight services for NASA. In his comments, however, Thompson suggested the timeline for this might be fifteen to twenty years.
The company currently produces a variety of space vehicles; the most [...]

Mark Kelly is an experienced astronaut. He’s flown three times, including last year’s STS-124—which he commanded.
Scott Kelly is also an experienced astronaut. He’s had two flights, including piloting STS-118 as commander.
They are identical twins and are scheduled to meet in orbit next year.
Mark will be commanding STS-134 which will dock with the International Space Station. [...]

After the shuttle retires, it may be as long as 9 years before NASA puts another person in space.
The Augustine Commission, which is reviewing ideas for NASA’s future, notes that the Constellation program (the successor to the shuttle) was viable to fly much sooner—but budget cuts destroyed that prospect.

NASA didn’t fail; the government did
In other [...]

It’s kind of shocking to think that the International Space Station—which is still not complete—is scheduled to be retired and de-orbited in 2016.
And some are questioning whether it will even make it that long. Also, how can such a huge structure be safely de-orbited?
First, a few words about the planned retirement. It seems silly. Why? [...]

JAXA, the Japanese Space Agency, has announced September 11 as the launch date for its test fight of a cargo system for re-supplying the International Space Station.
Presumably, the launch date was determined by orbital mechanics, and is not related to the terrorist attack of 2001.
In any case, it looks like Japan is joining a growing [...]