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Recent Astronomical Discoveries
Dark Matter Acts Surprisingly Normal in a New Cosmic Test
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251115095924.htm
https://www.sDark matter acts surprisingly normal in a new cosmic test | ScienceDailyciencedaily.com/images/1920/dark-matter-cosmology-measurement.webp
Dark Matter
https://www.sciencedaily.com/images/1920/dark-matter-cosmology-measurement.webp
Discussion Topic of the Evening.
The Sentinel-6B Sea Surface Topography Mission
Sentinel-6B Spacecraft
https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/jpegpia24105-width-1320.jpg
Payload
https://sentinels.copernicus.eu/documents/247904/1857639/sentinel-6-instruments-payload-tn.jpg
Sentinel 6B Scan
Scan Animation
https://scitechdaily.com/images/Sentinel-6-Michael-Freilich-Satellite-Radar-Pulse.gif
Mission Launch
Mission Patch
Waz Up
Space Exploration and Space History
Space Exploration News
Chinese Astronauts Stranded on Tiangong Space Station
Sentinel-6B Ocean Satellite Successfully Launched
SpaceX Achieves Multiple Milestones
https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20251120-Falcon-9-Fog-Streak.jpg
NASA Releases Images of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/1-hirise-clean-nasagov.jpg
Artemis 2 Rocket Assembly Reaches Key Milestone
https://news.satnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Lockheed-Martin-6-Orion-stacking-1024×810.jpg
Space-Related Birthdays
| Name | Birth Date | Birth Year | Mission(s) | Notes |
| Alan Shepard | November 18 | 1923 | Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7), Apollo 14 | First American in space, fifth person to walk on the Moon. |
| William J. Knight | November 18 | 1929 | X-15 Program | Highly decorated test pilot; flew the X-15 to record speeds and altitudes. |
| Eileen Collins | November 19 | 1956 | STS-63, STS-84, STS-93, STS-114 | First female Space Shuttle pilot and first female spacecraft commander. |
| Nicole Stott | November 19 | 1962 | STS-128, STS-133 (ISS Expedition 20/21) | American engineer and NASA astronaut; performed a spacewalk and was on the last flight of Space Shuttle Discovery. |
| Nicholas Patrick | November 19 | 1964 | STS-116, STS-130 | American-born British astronaut; flew on two Space Shuttle missions to the ISS. |
| James Dutton | November 20 | 1968 | STS-131 | NASA astronaut, pilot on Space Shuttle Discovery. |
| Henry Hartsfield | November 21 | 1933 | STS-4, STS-5, STS-61A | NASA astronaut who flew on three Space Shuttle missions; commander of STS-4. |
| Owen Garriott | November 22 | 1930 | Skylab 3, STS-9 | NASA astronaut and electrical engineer; first amateur radio operator in space. |
| Guion Bluford | November 22 | 1942 | STS-8, STS-61A, STS-39, STS-53 | First African American to travel into space. |
This Week in Space History
November 16: Venera 3 and Skylab 4 Launches
https://ferrebeekeeper.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/venera_3.jpg
https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/skylab_4_launch_s73-37287_0.jpg
November 16: Arecibo Message and Artemis 1 Launch
November 17: Surveyor 6 First Lunar Liftoff
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ0YlVZTdzCJy3zx56f6pIn2BFJesa_KLdi8w&s
November 18: COBE Launch
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/COBELaunch.jpg
November 19: Apollo 12 Lands on Moon and Kalpana Chawla’s First Mission
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5LbRNpcnmz6hxiJXKW2iK6-1280-80.jpg.webp
November 20: Zarya Module Launch and Edwin Hubble’s Birthday
https://www.americaspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/zaryalaunch.jpg
https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/default_1-jpg.webp
November 22: Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-33) Launch
https://www.americaspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/STS-33-crew.jpg
Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week
Constellation: Andromeda the Princess
Space Launches For This Week
Space Flight Now Launch Schedule
November 23 Falcon 9 • Starlink 11-30
Launch time: Window opens at 12 a.m. PST (3 a.m. EST / 0800 UTC)
Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 28 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit. About 8.5 minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster, tail number B1071, launching for a 30th time, will target a landing on the drone ship, ‘Of Course I Still Love You’, positioned in the Pacific Ocean. Delayed from Nov. 13. Delayed from Nov. 19/20.
Updated: November 15
NET November 26 Falcon 9 • Transporter-15
Launch time: Window opens at 10:18 a.m. PST (1:18 p.m. EST / 1818 UTC)
Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch dozens of CubeSats and other small spacecraft as part of its smallsat rideshare program called Transporter. The rocket will fly the payloads into a Sun-synchronous orbit with deployment beginning nearly 55 minutes after liftoff and concluding about 2.75 hours after launch. The mission will use the Falcon 9 first stage booster, tail number B1071, which will make its 30th flight. About 8.5 minutes after liftoff, B1071 will target a landing on the drone ship, ‘Of Course I Still Love You’ positioned in the Pacific Ocean. Postponed from Nov. 19 & 20.
Updated: November 20
November 27 Soyuz-2-1a • Soyuz MS-28/74S
Launch time: 2:27 p.m. local time (4:27 a.m. EST / 0927 UTC)
Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
A Soyuz-2-1a rocket from Roscosmos will launch the Soyuz MS-28 mission to the International Space Station for a roughly eight month stay at the orbiting outpost. The mission is led by Russian cosmonaut Sergei Kud’-Sverchkov. He’s joined by flight engineer and fellow cosmonaut Sergei Mikaev and NASA astronaut Christopher Williams. This will be the second spaceflight for Kud’-Sverchkov and the first for both Mikaev and Williams.
Updated: November 11
November 28 Vega-C • KOMPSAT-7
Launch time: 2:21 p.m. local time (12:21 p.m. EST / 1721 UTC)
Launch site: Europe’s Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana
An Arianespace Vega C rocket will launch the KOMPSAT-7 (KOrea Multi-Purpose SATellite-7) satellite into a Sun-synchronous orbit. The 2,000 kg satellite will provide high-resolution imagery to the government of South Korea. Also referred to as VV28, this will be the sixth flight of a Vega-C rocket.
Updated: November 14
Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.
You can use the http://www.heavens-above.com website to find out what’s in orbit and
where to look during fly-overs
All times are “local” (Dallas) time.
International Space Station
| Date (Nov 2025) | Brightness (Mag) | Duration (Min) | Max Height (Alt) | Appears (Time, Dir) | Disappears (Time, Dir) |
| Nov 24 | -1.0 | ~4 | 22° | 6:25 PM, NW | 6:29 PM, NNE |
| Nov 25 | -0.5 | ~3 | 14° | 5:34 PM, WNW | 5:37 PM, NNW |
Tiangong Space Station
| Date (Nov 2025) | Brightness (Mag) | Duration (Min) | Max Height (Alt) | Appears (Time, Dir) | Disappears (Time, Dir) |
| Nov 24 | +1.5 | ~2 | 11° | 5:46 PM, S | 5:48 PM, ESE |
| Nov 25 | +2.0 | ~1 | 6° | 4:52 PM, SSW | 4:53 PM, SSE |