World Space Week Oct 4, 2024

Today, we"re blasting off to explore the cosmos. World Space Week is a celebration of all the science and technology that go into exploring and researching our universe, and how it benefits us back on Earth. As well as helping us to understand the universe we live in, space exploration has played an important role in helping scientists develop new medicines, create new power sources and even improve farming techniques. This year"s theme is Space and Climate Change—events will be held in 83 countries to celebrate the vital role that space technology plays in understanding and monitoring how Earth"s climate is changing.

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Oct 4, 2025ISS main solar arrays seen from SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour

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Dec 20, 2024Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland
Nov 5, 2024Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Brazil
Sep 27, 2024Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, Italy
May 5, 2024Colonnade in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
Dec 11, 2024Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Italy
Aug 30, 2025Whale shark
Sep 30, 2023Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, USA
May 13, 2024Fish River Canyon, Namibia
Sep 16, 2025Nighttime view over the Gulf Coast
Oct 25, 2024Mont Blanc in Chamonix, France
Apr 10, 2024Burrowing owl chicks, Wyoming, USA
Nov 14, 2025Mother manatee and calf
Feb 17, 2024The Pragser Wildsee in the Dolomites, Italy
Dec 17, 2024Reine, Norway
Jun 1, 2024Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, Brazil
Apr 17, 2024Black bear cub emerges into spring
Mar 31, 2025Ostuni, Apulia, Italy
Jun 1, 2025Barrier reef off Grande Terre, New Caledonia, France
Jan 3, 2025Radcliffe Camera and All Souls College, University of Oxford, England
Oct 28, 2023Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Dec 27, 2024Lake Bled, Slovenia
Oct 12, 2024Wood duck, Quebec, Canada
Jan 31, 2024Burchells zebras
Sep 9, 2025Eurasian red squirrel
Jul 12, 2025Thomsons gazelles
Feb 16, 2024Pyrrhuloxia bird
Sep 20, 2024Ocracoke Lighthouse on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, USA
Aug 30, 2024Whale shark
May 3, 2025Arches National Park, Utah, United States
Sep 7, 2024Annas hummingbird