Where & How is World Space Week celebrated?

World Space Week consists of space education and outreach events held by space agencies, educational institutions, planetaria, museums and astronomy clubs around the world in a common timeframe under the ambit of the United Nations to enhance awareness about space and related technologies and to highlight its role towards national development.

SUPARCO being the National Space Agency annually organizes World Space Week (WSW) in Pakistan as WSW national coordinator since 2005.

Pakistan has managed to make its mark each year with the most number of events conducted globally. Pakistan stood second in year 2019, 2020 and first in year 2021 and 2022. (Reports of 2019, 2020 and first in year 2021 and 2022)

World Space Week 2023 Theme

The theme for World Space Week 2023, ‘Space and Entrepreneurship’, recognizes the growing industry in space, and the increasing opportunities for space entrepreneurship. World Space Week 2023 will inspire students worldwide to study STEM and business, and the workforce needed for the expanding commercial space industry.