Phoenix Space announces partnership with World Space Week Association

Phoenix Space and World Space Week Association are happy to announce our new partnership! We will be working together through joint marketing and promotion efforts to support our mutual goals of promoting space, astronomy, and science public outreach and education.

The mission of World Space Week Association is to strengthen the link between space and society through public education, participation, and dialogue on the future of space activity using the UN-declared World Space Week as a focus. World Space Week takes place each year from October 4th to 10th. Its goal is focus global attention on space through widespread events that week and associated media coverage. Events take place in countries around the world, and the unifying social media hashtag #worldspaceweek brings together these events and efforts.

More information on World Space Week is available at here.

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