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Watch India's most powerful rocket launch a huge military communications satellite to orbit today
By Mike Wall published
India will launch the powerful CMS-03 military communications satellite to orbit today (Nov. 2), and you can watch the action live.

SpaceX launches private space station pathfinder 'Haven Demo,' 17 other satellites to orbit
By Mike Wall published
SpaceX launched its 140th Falcon 9 mission of the year today (Nov. 2), sending the "Haven Demo" tech demonstrator and 17 other payloads up on the Bandwagon-4 rideshare mission.

PBS celebrates 25 years of the ISS with NOVA's 'Operation Space Station' on Nov. 5
By Jeff Spry published
This intimate look at the design, building, and operation of the ISS airs on PBS Nov. 5 and Nov. 12.

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 184 — Space is Scary!
By Space.com Staff published
On Episode 184 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik look at why space can be scary with a survey of some of the best (and most laughable) movies about critters from outer space!

On this day in space! Nov. 1, 1962: Soviet Union launches Mars 1
By Hanneke Weitering last updated
On Nov. 1, 1962, the Soviet Union launched the Mars 1 spacecraft on a mission to fly by the Red Planet.

A Flash, a Boom, a New Microbe Habitat
By Katherine Kornei published
After an asteroid struck Finland long ago, microscopic life colonized the impact site within a few million years, new research reveals.

Blue Origin fires up powerful New Glenn rocket ahead of NASA Mars mission launch (video)
By Josh Dinner published
Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket has successfully completed a static fire test ahead of launching NASA's ESCAPADE mission to Mars.

Does the full moon make us sleepless? A neurologist explains the science behind sleep, mood and lunar myths
By Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse published
Research shows a full moon can modestly affect sleep, but its influence on mental health is much less certain.
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