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July 20th, 2024
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Call it the UN “stamps of approval” to commemorate July 20, 2024 as International Moon Day.
The United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) is issuing six postage stamps and three souvenir sheets to commemorate this day, saluting America’s Apollo 11 landing on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
“Following the birth of space exploration nearly 70 years ago, the Moon quickly became the ultimate destination for countless scientific missions, including crewed flights that brought the first human footprints to another place in the universe. Many national space agencies and corporate entities have ambitious plans to reach and explore the Moon,” the UNPA notes in a press statement.
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The way forward
In its resolution on “International cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space” in 2021, the United Nations General Assembly declared International Moon Day, to be observed annually on July 20.
“Today’s Moon exploration is wreathed with ambitious plans, but the expansion of our so-far pristine horizons must take place sustainably,” explains Aarti Holla-Maini, Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs. “The United Nations will leverage its unique convening power to foster the necessary dialogue on the way forward.”
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