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Space.com • Mike Wall

NASA astronauts to install the ISS’s final roll-out solar array during Nov. 5 spacewalk

NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk are scheduled to install the International Space Station’s final roll-out solar array during a spacewalk on Nov. 5. The Houston flight-control team approved the excursion, which will advance work to modernize the orbital laboratory’s power system.

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2026-11-05T00:19:11.787730-08:00

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Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

Finnair selects SES connectivity for its incoming E195-E2 fleet

By Air Data News: Finnair has selected SES to provide in-flight internet connectivity for the 18 Embraer E195-E2s it has ordered, revealing another detail of the configuration planned for its new regional jet fleet.

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2026-11-05T00:14:51.702313-08:00

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Reuters • Cassell Bryan-Low, Joey Roulette

Russia may have rehearsed attack on satellite, specialist says, flagging another approach

By Reuters: A Russian military satellite that approached a Western commercial one last month could have been rehearsing an attack, a military space specialist said, with two related Russian craft now heading in the direction of another ‌Western satellite.

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2026-11-04T23:04:27.543902-08:00

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Bloomberg

Watch The Race to Dominate Space

By Bloomberg: Which country will send people to the moon next? China and the US are competing once again, but this time for dominance in space. Becoming a "space hegemon" would not only help China's global standing, but could also bolster its economy and military.

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2026-11-04T22:05:09.104257-08:00

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Universe Today • Matthew Williams

China Unveils Their Plan for a Crewed Moon Landing

By Universe Today: Yesterday, on November 3rd, the deputy chief designer of China's crewed space program and chief designer of the lunar exploration program (Wang Xiang) unveiled an official statement detailing its plans for a crewed mission to the Moon.

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2026-11-04T13:35:10.426713-08:00

Mars ESA Space Exploration & Science Missions

NASA Spaceflight • Haygen Warren

Trace Gas Orbiter discovers potential evidence of volcanic activity on Mars via atmospheric observations

By NASA Spaceflight: Using data from the joint European and Russian ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter at Mars, an international team of scientists has discovered new evidence of volcanic activity on the red planet’s surface.

Reuters

Pungent gas above Martian fissures hints at ongoing volcanism

Live Science

'Living organisms might wait for us to discover them': Mars may host an environment similar to hydrothermal vents on Earth, where life first arose

Also: The Independent

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2026-11-04T11:15:25.110853-08:00

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Bloomberg • Carmen Arroyo

Goldman, Apollo in Talks to Sell SpaceX’s $40 Billion AI Deal

By Bloomberg: Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Apollo Global Management Inc. are in talks with Wall Street investors to start selling portions of a roughly $40 billion chip financing deal for SpaceX, just as the AI boom braces for upheaval following a sweeping Democratic victory.

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Goldman Sachs, Apollo Discuss Selling Portions of SpaceX’s $40 Billion Chip-Financing Deal

newsable.asianetnews.com

Goldman Sachs and Apollo Reportedly Offer Investors Stakes in SpaceX-Related $40 Billion Chip Financing

Also: Yahoo Finance, Seeking Alpha, CNA and Defense Daily

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2026-11-04T14:05:03.718684-08:00

Mars Space Exploration & Science Missions

Space.com • Robert Lea

Mars isn't dead — recent volcanic activity reveals it's just sleeping

By Space.com: Scientists have long suspected that Mars is geologically "dead" but new spacecraft observations suggests the Red Planet's volcanoes are merely sleeping.

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2026-11-04T11:19:34.471586-08:00

NASA astronauts to install the ISS’s final roll-out solar array during Nov. 5 spacewalk

Finnair selects SES connectivity for its incoming E195-E2 fleet

Russia may have rehearsed attack on satellite, specialist says, flagging another approach

Watch The Race to Dominate Space

China Unveils Their Plan for a Crewed Moon Landing

Trace Gas Orbiter discovers potential evidence of volcanic activity on Mars via atmospheric observations

Pungent gas above Martian fissures hints at ongoing volcanism

'Living organisms might wait for us to discover them': Mars may host an environment similar to hydrothermal vents on Earth, where life first arose

Goldman, Apollo in Talks to Sell SpaceX’s $40 Billion AI Deal

Goldman Sachs, Apollo Discuss Selling Portions of SpaceX’s $40 Billion Chip-Financing Deal

Goldman Sachs and Apollo Reportedly Offer Investors Stakes in SpaceX-Related $40 Billion Chip Financing

Mars isn't dead — recent volcanic activity reveals it's just sleeping

2 astronauts will finish upgrading ISS solar arrays during spacewalk today: Watch it live

Finnair selects SES connectivity for its incoming E195-E2 fleet

Russia may have rehearsed attack on satellite, specialist says, flagging another approach

Watch The Race to Dominate Space

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