Event Website
http://www.worldspaceweek.org/
Start Date
9-20-2005 7:30 PM
Copyright
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Document Type
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Kennedy, James W., "Space Week" (2005). Norman Fries Distinguished Lectureship Series (2002-2022). 1.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/fries/Fries/2005/1
Sep 20th, 7:30 PM
Space Week
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/fries/Fries/2005/1
Comments
Since its United Nations declaration in 1999, World Space Week has grown into the largest public space event on Earth. More than 3,700 events in 80 countries celebrated the benefits of space and excitement about space exploration in 2017. The 2018 theme is “Space Unites The World” and 2019 theme “The Moon: Gateway to the Stars.”
“The General Assembly declares 4 to 10 October World Space Week to celebrate each year at the international level the contributions of space science and technology to the betterment of the human condition”
UN General Assembly resolution, 6 December 1999