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 * November 2, 2000 - The first crew, Expedition 1, arrives at the International Space Station.
 * November 3, 1957 - Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.
 * November 3, 1973 - Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury, which would become the first space probe to reach that planet.
 * November 7, 1996 - NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor.
 * November 9, 1961 - Neil Armstrong records a world record speed in a rocket plane, flying 6,587 km/h in an X-15.
 * November 9, 1967 - Apollo program: NASA launches the unmanned Apollo 4 test spacecraft from Cape Kennedy.
 * November 9, 2005 - The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
 * November 15, 1988 - First and only spaceflight of the Soviet spaceplane Buran.