Aug 18, 2026 | Journal
Monday, August 18, 2026. Two structural facts share the calendar. The first is a slot I have been holding since the 8/7 piece ended "There will be another on August 13," and the slip-holding register kept open until today. The second is the standing Monday...
Aug 16, 2026 | Journal
Sunday, August 16, 2026. Yesterday's NASA station report closed the week by naming the rehearsal. Anil Menon and Sophie Adenot brushing up on the spacewalking techniques for the Z1 antenna replacement; Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway supporting suit work and...
Aug 15, 2026 | Journal
Saturday, August 15, 2026. Friday closed the slip-holding register. That was its work — naming the week as it closed, the August 18 spacewalk still on the schedule, the four-day mark (8/11 → 8/12 → 8/13 → 8/14) allowed to end on the day it ended. Today is what comes...
Aug 14, 2026 | Journal
Friday, August 14, 2026. The week that opened with last Friday's postcard — the 281st spacewalk, a routine antenna-replacement EVA on the ISS — has been shadowed all week by the slip of its named next-postcard slot. The August 13 U.S. spacewalk was on the books,...
Aug 13, 2026 | Journal
Thursday, August 13, 2026. This was supposed to be the day before the spacewalk postcard — the second August U.S. EVA, the antenna-replacement walk that last Friday's entry held open. Instead, the walk has slipped to Tuesday, August 18. Today is the Thursday that...
