World Space Week
World Space Week, 4-10 October
2025 theme is Living in Space
This theme explores humanity’s journey toward making space a habitat, emphasizing the innovative technologies, challenges, and collaborative efforts that make this vision a reality.
A Week of Discovery and Action
World Space Week 2025 is set to educate, inspire, and connect the global community, focusing on humanity’s strides in developing sustainable living solutions for space. This significant week of space celebration will highlight groundbreaking advancements, from life support systems and space habitats to research on human adaptability and resource utilization in extraterrestrial environments.
Find out more: Theme | World Space Week
Posters & resources: Poster | World Space Week
Muddy Faces pebble aliens activities
How about including these in your space week celebrations?
Pebble alien landing - Activities | Muddy Faces
Pebble creatures - Activities | Muddy Faces
Pebble creature maths - Activities | Muddy Faces
Pebble problem solving & estimation - Activities | Muddy Faces
Or this lovely wooden space set in our shop: Wooden Space Adventure | Muddy Faces
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What is World Space Week?
World Space Week is an international celebration of science and technology, and their contribution to the betterment of the human condition. The United Nations General Assembly declared in 1999 that World Space Week will be held each year from October 4-10. These dates commemorate two events:
- October 4, 1957: Launch of the first human-made Earth satellite, Sputnik 1, thus opening the way for space exploration
- October 10, 1967: The signing of the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activites of States in the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies.