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World Space Week: 4-10 October 2006


World Space Week is "to celebrate each year at the international level the contributions of space science and technology to the betterment of the human condition" (as declared by the United Nations General Assembly).

World Space Week is celebrated in South Africa in collaboration with science centres and observatories. Activities organised in the past have included rocket launches, space science shows, popular talks, making telescopes and visits to an inflatable planetarium. If your school, institution or science centre would like to participate next year, please contact the national coordinator using the "Contact Us" form above.

Last year World Space Week was celebrated in South Africa with the

SA Rocketry Camp 2006.


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The Sumbandila diary. Regular updates on the satellite as it orbits around the earth.

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On The Trail Of A Cosmic Cat

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Opportunities»

Jobs
WITS: Associate Professor.
Theoretical and Experimental Condensed Matter Physics. Click here for details.


11th COSPAR Capacity Workshop, 8-19 Feb 2010. Deadline: 31 Oct 2009.ks
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Introduction to Computer Programming and Digital Signal Processing for Space Physics
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Conferences
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Competition: Name an Asteriod


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Space Inspiration World Space Week 2006 Amateur Astronomy Amateur Rocketry Education

SA Space Agency gets Green Light »

Cabinet gives green light for SA space agency, as reported by Engineering News (28 July 2006)

All systems go for SA Space Agency »

Cabinet has approved the establishment of SA's first space agency, as reported by Business Day (31 July 2006).

Minister of Science and Technology Mrs Naledi Pandor

Minister Pandor said SumbandilaSat had paved the way for bigger and better things

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