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On Monday, August 23, 2010 NanoRack-2 began drawing power on the ISS, further exanding the opportunities for affordable micro-G research.

Astronaut Shannon Walker, who flew to orbit on June 15 as a member of the Soyuz TMA-19 crew on Expedition 24 and 25, is overseeing install.

Audio: KySat-1, "The Team is Ready"

As described by University of Kentucky Prof. Jim Lumpp in the audio below, Kentucky Space carried out an internal mission readiness review this week in advance of the formal review scheduled with NASA launch services during the delivery of the KySat-1 next week to CalPoly. It was the culmination of a great deal of work designing, building and testing Kentucky's first spacecraft, and as Dr. Lumpp says in the clip, "the team is ready."