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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.
The International Day of Human Space Flight is the annual celebration, held on 12 April, of the anniversary of the first human space flight by Yuri Gagarin . It was proclaimed at the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly on 7 April 2011, [ 1 ] a few days before the 50th anniversary of the flight.
World Space Week, UN-declared space celebration held October 4–10 annually; WSW, the SAME code for a Winter Storm Warning; Transport.
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Since 2001, Yuri's Night, also known as the "World's Space party", [10] is held every 12 April worldwide to commemorate milestones in space exploration. [ 11 ] On 12 April 2017, the United Nations commemorated the "International Day of Human Space Flight" to celebrate the 56th anniversary of the first human space flight, which ushered in the ...
NASA said Thursday it will decide this weekend whether Boeing’s new capsule is safe enough to return two astronauts from the International Space Station, where they’ve been waiting since June.
International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons; International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World; International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction; International Decade for People of African Descent; International Decade of Indigenous Languages; International Drinking Water Decade ...