Organization

United Nations

The United Nations General Assembly declared World Space Week in 1999. The celebration of World Space Week is under the guidance of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) and the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA) based in Vienna, Austria.

World Space Week Association

World Space Week Association (WSWA), founded in 1981, is one of the world's oldest space education organizations. Today it is the proud partner of the United Nations in the global coordination of World Space Week. WSWA recruits and supports a worldwide network of coordinators and participants. This non-government, nonprofit, international organization is based in Houston, Texas, USA.

World Space Week Coordinators

A global network of organizations and individuals coordinates this annual event at the national and local levels. These coordinators invite organizations to hold events, publicize the resulting World Space Week celebration through the media, and report on the results.

World Space Week Participants

These are the many organizations and individuals around the world that conduct events and other programs during World Space Week. Participants include science museums, aerospace industry, astronomy clubs, government space facilities, and others which hold public events, and teachers who use World Space Week to excite students about learning. See the World Space Week Calendar for more information.

World Space Week is Proudly Sponsored By

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
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