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 Activities of States in the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies.
Books set in space make us want to touch the stars and explore far off planets, meet new characters, and explore cities along the way. Anything can happen, you could even say the possibilities are as infinite as the starry night sky. From books featuring spaceships to fantastically imagined planets, to kingdoms among the stars, there are so many worlds to visit and books to read. The following books will blast you off into a journey of stellar reads, one might say that these books are out of this world!!! ;)
Did you know that one of the most famous and well documented alien abductions happened in the White Mountains of New Hampshire (not very far away from PRHS)?! Barney and Betty Hill claimed that they experienced a close encounter with an unidentified flying object and lost two hours of time while driving south on Route 3 near Lincoln in September of 1961.
