World Space Week is in full swing.

World Space Week is an international celebration of science and technology, and their contribution to the betterment of the human condition. The United Nations General Assembly declared in 1999 that World Space Week will be held each year from October 4-10. These dates commemorate two events:

• October 4, 1957: Launch of the first human-made Earth satellite, Sputnik 1, thus opening the way for space exploration
• October 10, 1967: The signing of the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activites of States in the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies.
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World Space Week
Issued by the United Nations Vienna post office in 2007

Check out to see if your area hosts one of 16,000 events planned for the week.

Last year, the SOD focused on more earthly events – Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s death.