The end of World Space Week today comes with a message of hope. Fifty-one years ago, the pact known as the Outer Space Treaty went into effect. The US, UK, and USSR were the first parties to the treaty and at least 107 other nations have since joined them, with additional countries working on ratification. The treaty establishes ‘space law’—in essence, an agreement that space exploration should only be for the benefit of all of humanity. No weapons of mass destruction can be placed on the moon, or any other orbiting body.
Space is for everyone
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A day to celebrate the sun
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Hooray, hooray, it s Unicorn Day!
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Up in the Highlands
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’Chess on ice’
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An island for the birds
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Summer’s in home stretch
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Children at play for International Day of Friendship
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A wonderland in winter
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Midsummer in Sweden
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Bridge of Hillsborough County
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Welcome to the Hoh
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The Christmas Bird Count begins
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Fresh water on the Silk Road
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Train crossing the Tadami River in Japan
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Keep calm and drive on (slowly)
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It s aboat time for the Barcolana
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Cool water in the Quinault
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A day for the dolphins
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Sleep tight, little hedgehog
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A medieval Moorish gem