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October

Oct. 11: Three crewmembers slated to fly to the International Space Station in December will participate in a pre-launch press conference at 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT). Watch Live

Oct. 11: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the SES-11/EchoStar 105 hybrid communications satellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 6:53 p.m. EDT (2253 GMT). Watch Live

Oct. 12: A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch the 68th Progress cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 5:32 a.m. EDT (0932 GMT), with live coverage on NASA TV starting at 5:15 a.m. EDT (0915 GMT). You can also watch the docking live at 8:56 a.m. EDT (1256 GMT), with NASA TV's coverage starting at 8:15 a.m. EDT (1215 GMT). Watch Live

Oct. 13: A Eurockot Rockot launch vehicle with the Sentinel-5 Precursor Earth observation satellite will launch from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia at 5:27 a.m. EDT (0927 GMT).

Oct. 13: NASA TV will air a live, in-flight educational event with International Space Station astronauts Randy Bresnik, Mark Vande Hei, Joe Acaba and Paolo Nespoli at 1:15 p.m. EDT (1715 GMT).

Oct. 14: A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will launch a classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NROL-52) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 4:03 a.m. EDT (0800 GMT). [Preview | Watch Live]

Oct. 15: Occultation of Regulus – The brightest star in the constellation Leo will be covered by a crescent moon in the early morning of Sunday, Oct. 15. The occultation will be visible from the United States and the Caribbean.

Oct. 16: NASA astronaut Joe Acaba will host a Facebook Live from the International Space Station on "The Year of Education in Space." (Time TBD)

Oct. 17: An Orbital ATK Minotaur-C rocket will launch six SkySat Earth observation satellites for Google/Skybox Imaging from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Oct. 18: NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik and Joe Acaba will take a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. The spacewalk begins at 8:05 a.m. EDT (1205 GMT) and will last about 6.5 hours. Live coverage of the spacewalk will begin at 6:30 a.m. EDT (1030 GMT). Watch Live

Oct. 19: Uranus will be at opposition in its closest approach to Earth, and the planet's face will be fully illuminated by the sun. This the best time to observe Uranus, though a telescope is required to do so.

Oct. 21-22: The Orionid meteor shower peaks on the night of Friday, Oct. 20 and the early morning of Saturday, Oct. 21. Orionid meteors will be visible from Oct. 2 to Nov. 7.

Oct. 25: NASA TV will air a live, in-flight interview with space station astronaut Randy Bresnik for America House and the U.S. Embassy in Kiev, Ukraine. (Time TBD)

Oct. 26: A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch a crewed Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station with members of the Expedition 54/55 crew: Scott Tingle of NASA, Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos.

Oct. 30: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Koreasat 5A communications satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.