World Space Week 2005 Report

World Space Week was celebrated for the first time in Singapore this year. The events that were organized were in tune with the theme of this year's celebrations  " Discovery and Imagination". Singapore Aeromedical Centre, Singapore Science Centre, Astronomical Society of Singapore and National Junior College took lead in putting together a week long schedule of events.

Singapore Aeromedical Centre and National Junior College co-hosted the inaugural event on the 4^th of October, which was an interactive session on "Exoplanets" and "Life on Alien Planets" followed by Astronomy exhibition and a hands on session with the telescope. The venue was the National Junior College, Singapore. The event was attended by about 400 participants mostly school children.

The Singapore Science Centre had organized a series of events (4^th - 9^th October) to celebrate World Space Week including the Space science exhibition, Moon rocks exhibit, Ariane Rockets exhibit, magic planet exhibit as well as Space Shuttle Simulator Ride. All the exhibitions were open to public and were very well received.

On the 5^th of October, Singapore Aeromedical Centre organized an Aerospace Workshop for children. It was an whole afternoon of fun and learning about the mysteries of human body in flight and included simulator rides on flight simulators. 

The finale of the World Space Week Celebrations was the Star Party at the Observatory , Singapore Science Centre co-hosted by the Astronomical society of Singapore (TASOS) and the Singapore Science Centre on the 7^th of October .It was a phenomenal success…thankfully the skies were clear and provided for great viewing session.

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