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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Paleontology meets art
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Feeling chic on Fashion Week
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Borovets ski resort in Bulgaria
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Beavers Bend
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Spring comes to the Palouse
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Winter in Old Nuuk
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Don’t get lost in there
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When science looks like magic
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Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
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Puma in Patagonia
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Marine Day in Japan
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Keep calm and drive on (slowly)
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Springtime in the Mediterranean
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Pollinators: not to be sneezed at
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Boating on the Bojo
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What does the fox dream?
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Easter
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St. Patrick s Day
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An island hopper s paradise
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Bear cubs roughhouse on Siblings Day
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Oh, the places you’ll go
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It s time for spring
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Lake Bled, Slovenia
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Fog above the forest
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International Day of Forests
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National Napping Day
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Ring of fire solar eclipse
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World Bee Day
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Pantaleu
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Dancers perform ‘Revelations’