World Space Week

World Space Week

World Space Week is an annual holiday observed from 4 to 10 October in over 95 nations throughout the world.

World Space Week is officially defined as "an international celebration of science and technology, and their contribution to the betterment of the human condition".

On December 6, 1999, The United Nations General Assembly declared World Space Week as an annual event celebration to be commemorated between October 4 and 10.

The choice of dates was based on recognition of 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