World Space Week 2003 Report

As part of the international celebration of World Space Week, the Vienna-based United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA) held an exhibition in the Vienna International Centre (VIC). The exhibition was on display from 6 to 24 October 2003. The exhibition, entitled "Space Solutions for the World's Problems: How the United Nations Family is Using Space Technology for Sustainable Development", included poster displays describing the use of space technology by different United Nations agencies and offices in carrying out their work. The exhibit also displayed multi-spectral remote sensing images provided by several Member States, in addition to models of satellites provided by Brazil, China, India, Malaysia, the Russian Federation and the United States. 

During the first week of the exhibition, high-resolution imagery of the view of Earth from space were displayed. These images were taken by the IKONOS earth imaging satellite. The imagery on display included multi-spectral views of different landmarks, cities and natural features around the world, including the Great Pyramids in Giza, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Port of Rio de Janeiro and Bora Bora Island in French Polynesia. A presentation on the work of the UN Committee on the Peaceful uses of Outer Space and its Legal and Scientific and Technical Subcommittees was also on display during the first week of the exhibition.

To highlight the importance of education in the field of outer space, the exhibition included paintings by 4th grade students at Vienna's Notre Dame de Sion primary school. The paintings depicted the children's impressions of outer space. The students visited the exhibition, where they were addressed by a representative of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs and taken on a guided tour of the Vienna International Centre.

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