he Institute of Space Technology (IST) launched a four day activity based programme to celebrate World Space Week at its campus in Islamabad, which will conclude Saturday.
According to the IST, the goal behind the event was to generate awareness about space among the public and students from the twin cities.
World Space Week commenced with an opening ceremony on Wednesday, with IST CUBESAT Satellite Programme Project Director Dr Qamarul Islam attending as chief guest.
Dr Islam welcomed the participants and briefed the audience about the significance of the event.
The theme for World Space Week `16 is `Remote Sensing: enabling our future` and celebrates the observation of earth from space for the betterment of humans.
It highlights a host of classic earth observation missions incAbout 125 schools and colleges in Islamabad and Rawalpindi are participating in the 165 various space themed events and activities during the week, for which 3,000 participants have signed up and over 2,000 guests are also expected to attend.
