The World Space Week celebrations concluded on Tuesday in Pakistan, like across the globe, after conducting various exhilarating activities to provide an opportunity for young students and the general public to learn about the benefits of space technology and its applications.
The space-related organizations and education institutions in the federal capital, like other cities, arranged different competitions, seminars and conferences on the importance of space technology in the current era.
The United Nations General Assembly has declared October 4–10 as World Space Week to educate young students and the general public about the bounties of space technology and its applications.
The UN General Assembly selected October 4 to commemorate the launch of the first human-made Earth satellite, Sputnik 1, on October 4, 1957, and the signing of the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space on October 10, 1967.
World Space Week Association (www.worldspaceweek.org), a non-government, non-profit international organization, coordinates this celebratory week worldwide through National Coordinators appointed in each country. In Pakistan, the event is coordinated by the country’s national coordinator, the Secretary of the National Space Agency of Pakistan, SUPARCO, through the Space Education and Awareness Drive (SEAD).
