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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May we have this dance?
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Channel Country, Australia
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Have a ‘beary’ good Earth Day
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Welcome to the drainpipe of the Pacific
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Khao Sok National Park in Thailand
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Goliath heron in Kruger National Park, South Africa
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Black Fell in England s Lake District
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Santorini through the clouds
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For the love of bikes
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National Garden Week begins today
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Siblings Day
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Mexican giant cardon cactus
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Mardi Gras
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The ‘Living Forest’ in Biscay, Spain
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Star Wars Day
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Arrr! Can you talk like a pirate?
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Great Backyard Bird Count
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Indian Independence Day
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An oceanic valentine
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Bird’s-eye view of the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California
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Saskatchewan s spookier side
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Red deer stag in Glen Affric, Scottish Highlands
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In the belly of Fat Bear Week
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Green fields of grain
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee
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An unlikely friendship in the wild
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Village of Oia in Santorini, Greece
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Horse Head Rock, New South Wales, Australia
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Infinity Day
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World Space Week begins
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