Payload status: on hold

The International Space Station's main bathroom broke down, just ahead of the launch of Expedition 18. All aboard were trying to figure out a solution for the toilet.
"It failed late yesterday," says NASA spokesperson John Ira Petty, "the problem appears to be a [gas] separator issue." I also have a gas seperator issue.
Here's hoping fellow Texan Richard Garriott, who made a fortune designing computer games, and paid $30 million to be on board Expedition 18 can hold it for his 10 day trip into space.

Ground Control to Major Wong

China's three-man spacecraft shifted from an oval orbit to a more stable circular orbit 213 miles above Earth today in preparation for the country's first attempt at a spacewalk. China's offical Xinhua News Agency was so excited about the event it ran a story on Thursday announcing ground controllers were tracking Chinese astronauts, complete with details and quotes from the astronauts, 12 hours before the astronauts blasted off.