2007 Annual Report - World Space Week

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3.6.5 PeruPresentacion de la Semana del EspacioLocation: Planetario de Lima Lima, LimaOctober 7 - October 7, 2007: On Sunday 7, we will have speeches, video presentations and maybe some rocketlaunches.Organization: Asociacion Peruana de Astronomiawww.apa.com.pe3.6.6 VenezuelaSemana Mundial del EspacioLocation: Parque del Este - ObservatorioCaracas, MirandaOctober 4 - October 10, 2007: Water launch campaign for kids, brief description of space exploration activitiesand possible uses for our country. We will also host a radio program interview with 2 space related young researchers.Organization: Universidad Simon Bolivar - AVAEwww.usb.veSemana de La AstrnmiaLocation: Caracas Sports ClubOctober 4 - October 10, 2007:astronomy articles all week.Caracas, MirandaLectures with practices in telescopes. Oct. 04-07.7:30. Media Publication ofOrganization: SOVAFAwww.sovafa.comCelebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Space Age-USBLocation: Universidad Simon Bolivar Caracas, MirandaOctober 5 - October 6, 2007: Find detailed information in: blog.astrodrayer.com/2007/10/celebrating-50th-anniversaryof-space.htmland real-spatium.blogspot.com/2007/10/celebrando-los-50-aos-de-la-era.htmlOrganization: Space Generation Advisory Council & Universidad Simon Bolivarwww.spacegeneration.org & www.usb.ve112
4 United Nations ActivitiesThe United Nations promotes space education and outreach through participation in the celebration of UN-declaredWorld Space Week. Each year the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) organizes or participatesin coordination of the activities of the World Space Week.The celebration was particularly fruitful in 2007, as the year commemorated the 50 th anniversary of Space Age,opened up by the launch of Sputnik, and the 40 th anniversary of entry into force of the United Nations Outer SpaceTreaties.4.1 Space ExhibitionA special exhibition on 50 years of the space agewas displayed at the main hall of one of theheadquarters of the United Nations, the ViennaInternational Centre, in Austria. The exhibitionfeatured a historic overview of the meetings of theUnited Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses ofOuter Space (COPUOS), the primary internationalforum for promoting cooperation in the peacefuluses of outer space and developing laws andprinciples governing outer space, which was set upin 1958 following the launch of Sputnik. COPUOSalso concluded the Outer Space Treaties of theUnited Nations. The display included the UnitedNations posters on space, models of satellites androckets, and a sample of lunar stone. The exhibitiondrew attention of the visitors and staff of the UnitedNations in Vienna for the whole month of October.4.2 Children and SpaceStudents of age 6 to 16 in Vienna were invited to the UnitedNations during the World Space Week to participate in a “spacetour” at the Vienna International Center. In addition to the guidedtour of the United Nations in Vienna and the space exhibitiondisplayed at its main hall, students were shown a multimediapresentation on Mars Exploration and the AustroMarsExpedition. An experiment withthe “Dignity Rover” anddemonstration of a spacesuitglove took place and attractedinterest of the students. Theparticipants were also briefedabout IHY2007 and providedHubble DVDs. Some 110 students from a number of public schools participated in thespace tour and received space souvenirs which were donated by the NationalAeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency(ESA) for the event. The United Nations space tour event was organized by the UnitedNations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the United Nations InformationService (UNIS), both located in Vienna, in cooperation with the Austrian Space Forum.For more information, see www.unoosa.org, www.unis.org, or www.oewf.org.113
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Report: As it was planned, students
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Space NightLocation: Ordu Science &
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Space ExhibitionLocation: Isparta S
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Drawing ContestLocation: Bilecik Sc
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The 2007 Anniversary of World Space
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3.4.4 FinlandCompany VisitsLocation
Page 67 and 68: 3.4.5 France100 years of space Bord
Page 69 and 70: Global Warming AwardLocation: EADS
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Page 111 and 112: Fifty Years in SpaceLocation: McDon
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