World Space Week Oct 4, 2024

World Space Week

Today, we"re blasting off to explore the cosmos. World Space Week is a celebration of all the science and technology that go into exploring and researching our universe, and how it benefits us back on Earth. As well as helping us to understand the universe we live in, space exploration has played an important role in helping scientists develop new medicines, create new power sources and even improve farming techniques. This year"s theme is Space and Climate Change—events will be held in 83 countries to celebrate the vital role that space technology plays in understanding and monitoring how Earth"s climate is changing.

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Oct 4, 2023Tarantula Nebula
Oct 4, 2025ISS main solar arrays seen from SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour

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Dec 24, 2024Half-timbered Houses of Freudenberg, Germany
Aug 4, 2024Impala and red-billed oxpecker, South Africa
Apr 7, 2026Beaver
Jul 11, 2025Tokyo at sunrise, Japan
Aug 10, 2024Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA
Jul 13, 2025Basalt columns in Kálfshamarsvík cove, Skagi peninsula, Iceland
Dec 16, 2025Medieval Aqueduct, Perugia, Italy
Mar 15, 2026Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, Vancouver Island, Canada
May 27, 2024Baia del Silenzio in Sestri Levante, Italy
Jan 17, 2024Eurasian wolf
Apr 26, 2025Bruce Peninsula National Park, Ontario, Canada
Nov 9, 2025Lagoon Nebula, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope
Jan 17, 2025Brown pelican, San Diego, California, United States
Oct 22, 2024Palazzo Zuccari, Rome, Italy
May 20, 2024Bee tending a honeycomb
Oct 24, 2024Bodie State Historic Park, California, United States
Mar 7, 2025Plum blossoms, China
Mar 27, 2025Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Acropolis of Athens, Greece
Oct 23, 2025Snow leopards, India
Jan 28, 2026Whanganui National Park, Retaruke, New Zealand
Jul 15, 2024Tateishi Park, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Apr 22, 2024Green sea turtle
Oct 9, 2024Aspens near Marble, Colorado, USA
Jan 16, 2024Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
Mar 21, 2026Letea Forest, Danube Delta, Romania
Mar 25, 2024Tulip fields in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Aug 6, 2024Molokini crater, Maui, Hawaii, USA
Jan 19, 2026Abraham Lake, Alberta, Canada
Mar 24, 2024Silvereyes, South Korea
Oct 10, 2023Mount Sopris, Colorado, USA