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World Space Week: October 04-10
October 8 , 2019
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- World Space Week (WSW) is an annual holiday observed from 4 to 10 October in various parts of the world, including Europe and Asia.
- On December 6, 1999, the United Nations General Assembly declared World Space Week as an annual event celebration.
- The choice of dates was based on recognition of following two important dates in space history:
- The launch of the first human-made Earth satellite, Sputnik 1, on October 4, 1957; and
- The signing of the Outer Space Treaty on October 10, 1967.
- The theme for the year 2019 is “The Moon: Gateway to the Stars”.
- It is celebrating the 50th anniversary of humankind’s first step on the Moon on 20 July 1969.
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