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
Today in History
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Happy Fathers Day!
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A bridge comes full circle
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Composite of photographs from the Apollo 15 mission
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World Laughter Day—it s a hoot
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World Water Day
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Digging the birds
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Sailing on thick ice
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Lake Tai s cherry trees in bloom
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A long winter’s nap, perhaps?
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African bush elephants in Namibia
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Moeraki Boulders, South Island, New Zealand
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First Cliff Walk
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Muskoxen in Dovre-Sunndalsfjella National Park, Norway
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East River crossing
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Whale hello there!
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Giving Tuesday
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Bournemouth beach huts
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Signs of life in the Empty Quarter
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Looking down on the Otter
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Basking in the glow
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Why, aloe there
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Indigenous Peoples Day
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Room at the top?
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Autumnal equinox
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Siblings Day
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Here there be dragons
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Who s wearing such cute hats?
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The circular castle of Cornwall
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J.R.R. Tolkien Day
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With leaves this tasty, who cares about a view?