{"id":7648,"date":"2026-10-04T00:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T04:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/?p=7648"},"modified":"2025-12-18T10:48:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T15:48:39","slug":"world-space-week-october-4-through-october-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/?p=7648","title":{"rendered":"World Space Week October 4 through October 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong data-wp-editing=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13551 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/World-Space-Week-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"World Space Week\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" \/>World Space Week, sponsored by the United Nations, is from <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">October 4 through October 10<\/span><\/strong>. Created in 1999, the week commemorates events in space. This year\u2019s theme is \u201cSpace Entrepeneurship.\u201d Two events sparked the choice of these days:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><i>Sputnik I<\/i>, a Soviet spacecraft,<i> <\/i>was launched on <\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>October 4, 1957<\/strong>.<\/span> It was the first successful man-made satellite, weighing 184 pounds and remaining in space for 21 days. <i>Sputnik<\/i> marked the beginning of the space race.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Members of the United Nations signed on <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">October 10, 1967,<\/span> the <i>Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies.<\/i><\/strong><i><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other events related to space and air travel on this date are:<i><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jet passenger service began in 1958<\/strong>. The British airliner <i>Comet<\/i> flew from London to New York.\n<p><div id=\"attachment_8116\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8116\" class=\"wp-image-8116 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Spaceship-one-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SpaceShipOne<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li><strong><i>Luna 3<\/i> was launched in 1959 by the Soviets<\/strong>. It was the first spacecraft to photograph the moon\u2019s far side.<\/li>\n<li><strong><i>SpaceShipOne<\/i> became in 2004 the first private, successful, manned venture into space<\/strong>. Its owners received the $10 million Ansari X Ten Prize for their efforts. <i>SpaceShipOne<\/i> is now in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Space Week, sponsored by the United Nations, is from October 4 through October 10. Created in 1999, the week commemorates events in space. This year\u2019s theme is \u201cSpace Entrepeneurship.\u201d Two events sparked the choice of these days: Sputnik I, a Soviet spacecraft, was launched on October 4, 1957. 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