World Space Week 2022 will celebrate the theme of Space and Sustainability

This theme is dedicated to raising awareness about the importance and interconnectedness of space and sustainability.

It has been shown that Sustainable Development Goals on Earth are positively impacted by the benefits stemming from Earth Observation and Global Navigation System applications. Whilst, at the same time, Earth’s orbital environment is a limited resource that also needs to be protected.

By ensuring the long-term sustainability of outer space activities, we are guaranteeing humanity’s increasing presence in space as well as contributing to our socio-economic betterment, improving life on Earth, and ensuring the habitable future of our home planet. 

Because only through sustainable development will Earth, and space, remain safely accessible to future generations. 

Some simple steps to celebrating WSW each year:

• Save the date: 4-10 October
• Choose your audience: Anyone! WSW is an all-inclusive celebration of space, and it is an amazing opportunity to inform and inspire everyone, the more diverse your audience the better!
• Plan an activity: Any educational activity related to space, such as; Space movie night, Space Art or Poetry, Stargazing with local astronomical society, Talks and Presentations, Space Themed Party.
• Register your event: At www.worldspaceweek.org. Registering your event allows the BIS and World Space Week Association to assess the success and growth of WSW year-on-year.
• Let us know how it went: Tell us about your event and attendance numbers, so we can add the UK’s success to our report to the UN.

As the WSW National Coordination manager, the BIS is here to support all UK event organisers with: 

• Planning
• Publicity 
• Registering and updating events
• General support and advice

The RESOURCES section of this website is home to all BIS educational resources and more.
 
Through the link given above, go to the World Space Week resources section for WSW THEME-specific resources and links.

The British Interplanetary Society, the National Co-ordinating body for World Space Week, organises an annual space competition.

The 2022 Challenge is to ‘WRITE A POEM’ there are no rules of how this can be done, it could be a Limerick, Haiku, Cinquain, Sonnet etc etc, but try to keep it short – for ease of judging!
Your entry must link to the WSW2022 theme; ‘Space and Sustainability’

Then SUBMIT your entry to be in with a chance of winning a LEGO International Space Station set

In 2021, the BIS ran a Children’s Competition: Find out what happened here.

• Provide unique leverage in space outreach and education
• Educate people around the world about the benefits that they receive from space
• Encourage greater use of space for sustainable economic development
• Demonstrate public support for space programs
• Excite young people about science, technology, engineering, and math
• Foster international cooperation in space outreach and education

ANYONE, ANYWHERE can organise a World Space Week event!

World Space Week consists of space education and outreach events held by space agencies, aerospace companies, schools, STEM clubs, science centres, planetaria, museums, and astronomy clubs around the world.

World Space Week events also include ANY SPACE-RELATED activities being held by local communities, groups, home-schooling, and even families, between 4-10 October. 

Please create an account and register your event on the Global Calendar at worldspaceweek.org/events/

However, if you have any problems, or simply want the WSWUK team to register your event for you, please use this external form:  

Please share your results with us, by updating your registered event at: worldspaceweek.org/events/ 
You will need to log in to your event, using the login you created.

NEED HELP? 
If you cannot log in, or have any problems you can also report your results to the WSWUK team using this external form: https://forms.zoho.com/worldspaceweek/form/WorldSpaceWeekResultForm 
Please Note: Completing the WSWUK form does not update your registered event.