Highlights of World Space Week
October 4 - 10, 2003
Theme: Space -- Horizon Beyond Earth

Highlights of World Space Week 2003 included:

• Lance Bass served as World Space Week Youth Spokesperson. Students designed Lance's Lab, a "new" module on the International Space Station. Winners later met Bass in person. Bass appeared in schools during World Space Week to promote science and math education. Heavy media coverage was reported.
• Major World Space Week celebration held across the Czech Republic
• In the UK, a major space art exhibition was held in Manchester.
• In South Africa, the Southern Skies Challenge invited youth to write, draw or create other art in different categories about space sciences. Prizes included computers, cash prizes and visits to the new Southern African Large Telescope.
• In Germany, world space leaders met at the International Astronautical Congress in Bremen. The German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and French Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) sponsored a special World Space Week event.
• In Poland, Warsaw Technical University hosted lectures about the International Space Station, exploration of Mars, and life beyond Earth during Space Week. 
• In Colombia, students broadcast a two-hour special program dedicated to World Space Week through La Voz de la Costa radio station 1190 kHz AM. 
• In the United States, NASA's Johnson Space Center hosted a webcast called "Space Station Today."

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For a complete report of World Space Week 2003, please click here.

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