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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International Museum Day
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Collared aracari in Costa Rica
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World Rivers Day
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Hiking the High Trestle Trail
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Overseas Highway, Florida Keys
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Clouds over the River of Grass
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Moai statues on Easter Island, Chile
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Cloughoughter Castle, County Cavan, Ireland
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Goodbye, 2020!
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Happy World Meteorological Day
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A Great view from above
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World Sea Turtle Day
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A bridge too Fawr
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Tom Turkey takes Manhattan
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Salt of the earth
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Three Natural Bridges, Wulong Karst, China
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World Bicycle Day
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The snows of Fuji
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Wallabies at sunrise, Australia
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Veterans Day
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Jazzed for Mardi Gras
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Happy Thanksgiving
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Falling for the Canadian Rockies
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The persistence of Perito Moreno
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A leafy seadragon in the waters off Wool Bay, Australia
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The long and wiggling path
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There’s treasure in them thar hills
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An enduring vision
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Daylight saving time begins
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Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day