2007 Annual Report - World Space Week

Make your own rocketLocation: Sydney Observatory, Watson Road, The RocksOctober 8, 2007: For ages 7Sydney, NSWOrganization: Sydney Observatorywww.sydneyobservatory.com.au/events/school50TH Anniversary of Space DinnerLocation: City Extra Restraurant, Shop E4 - East Podium Circul Sydney, NSWAttendance: 16 Media Impressions: 100October 4, 2007: Restaurant Dinner-Help us celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Space Flight-Launch of Sputnik 7:00 pmReport: This was a great event including attendance by young adults. A small handout on the SPUTNIK mission wasdistributed for education purposes.Organization: National Space Society of Australiawww.nssa.com.auOctober 2 - October 31, 2007: Australia Post stamps celebrating 50 years in space. Six stamps depicting sixhistoric achievements in these 50 years. An entire program of activity for educating Australian Primary School childrenabout this theme is planned for 'Stamp Collecting Month' throughout October.Report: Simultaneous events were held in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Perth to celebrate the release of the"50th Anniversary of Spaceflight" stamp series, with varying degrees of media coverage. The stamps themselves wenton sale to general public from October 1 and special stamp collecting packs, which included a DVD, notes spacehistory and suggested activities for students, were sent to every Primary School in Australia. The stamp series wasalso featured in Australian philatelic publications.Organization: Australia Postwww.auspost.com.au/blastoff3.3.2 BangladeshDue to Ramadan, schools were closed, so the celebration of World Space Week 2007 was held only at Enayetpur. Itwas a very vibrant, peaceful and fruitful celebration, particularly the launching of Water Rockets added more inspirationand fascination in the minds of the students to study Space Science.Celebration of World Space Week - 2007Location: Balur Math EnayetpurAttendance: 3000 Media Impressions: 2000000October 4, 2007: The main celebration of World Space Week 2007 was heldon October 4 at Enayetpur, a small village about 80 miles northwest of Dhaka.Students of 22 local schools participated in World Space Week, along withteachers, educators and space enthusiasts. The venue was neatly decoratedwith clothes wrapped over bamboo to offer a traditional look. The function continued from 9am to 3pm. Studentswearing badges, caps and hoisting banners of World Space Week 2007converged on the venue from early morning.Report: The event was inaugurated by launching of a Water Rocket to mark the50th Anniversary of launching of Sputnik 1. As the venue of the celebrationwas surrounded by flood water, the launching of the Water Rocket was difficultparticularly for the students and space enthusiasts who encircled the launchingsite. However, with the help of police, the launching was made possible. It wasan unprecedented event in the locality and local people were surprised to see arocket roaring through the sky so majestically. Some of them emotionally ran to16