Pakistan’s national space agency, the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission, has announced nationwide celebrations for World Space Week (WSW) 2025, the world’s largest annual space event, to be observed from October 4 to 10 across Pakistan and globally.

According to a spokesperson, this year’s theme, “Life in Space,” highlights how humanity is preparing to live and work beyond Earth and how space science and technology are shaping the future.

Established by the United Nations in 1999, World Space Week is held annually to commemorate two landmark events: the launch of the first artificial satellite, Sputnik-1, on October 4, 1957, and the signing of the Outer Space Treaty on October 10, 1967.

As Pakistan’s national coordinator of World Space Week since 2005, SUPARCO has consisten

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