Space Age celebrates 53rd birthday

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Every year for the past 11 years, from October 4 thru 10, coordinated events take place around the world. It’s the largest annual public space event in the world, according to the event’s planners. World Space Week’s start and end dates are the same every year. They mark two key events in the history of space exploration: the October 4, 1957 launch of Sputnik, and the date the Outer Space Treaty went into effect on October 10, 1967. The Treaty formed the basis for international space law.

sputnik 1 orbit 53rd anniversary
Sputnik 1 – The first man made object to orbit the Earth

World Space Week also follows closely on the heels of NASA’s 52nd anniversary — the space agency became operational on October 1, 1958.

This year’s theme is “Mysteries of the Cosmos,” and activities include a Google Lunar X Prize Summit on the Isle of Man, an astronomy festival in Marrakech, Morocco, and a star camp for high school students in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

“World Space Week is the time each year when the public can learn about the many benefits of space exploration, and students are inspired through space to excel in school,” Dennis Stone, president of the World Space Week Association, said in a statement. “World Space Week is open to everyone.”

The United Nations established World Space Week in 1999, and the event was first held a year later. The U.N. continues to help coordinate the annual celebration, according to the World Space Week Association.

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13 years ago

The Soviets really were advanced in their space technology.

Not just with Sputnik but with their other endeavors as well. They had a satellite taking and sending back pictures of the far side of the moon in 1959!

A lot of accomplishments they could be proud of.

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13 years ago

This is good stuff.

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