Highlights of World Space Week
October 4 - 10, 2000
Theme: The Space Millennium Begins

Message from UN Secretary General

• The United Nations officially launched World Space Week 2000 on October 4 with events at UN Headquarters in New York and in Vienna
• Top Chinese leaders spoke at a World Space Week public rally in Beijing
• World Space Leaders met in Rio at the International Astronautical Congress.  Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov and Astronaut Tom Stafford drove a Lunar Rover along Ipanema Beach to promote space via the media.
• Youth from across Australia met to develop a shared vision for the future of space
• NASA promoted the role of women in space with special webcasts for teachers and children
• Organizations in 30 nations held a wide variety of public events about space.
• Thousands of teachers used space to excite children about learning.

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For a complete report of World Space Week 2000, please click here.

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