The largest celebration of space is right here on planet Earth and it's taking place from the 4th through to the 10th of October. More than 90 countries are supporting this celebration of science and technology which this year has the theme "Living in Space."

Ham radio operators, of course, keep their feet on the ground - mostly - but have at least one ear tuned into what's going on high above us. So Amateur Radio on the International Space Station will deliver its own contribution to this annual event by transmitting six unique slow-scan TV images. Right now the schedule is tentative but there will be a window for transmission on Friday the 3rd of October and a second window, with the same images, on Saturday the 4th of October. The action will be happening on 145.800 MHz where the images will be sent in PD120 encoding.

World Space Week is an educational effort that was declared by the United Nations in 1999. The observance gives nations around the world an opportunity to show how space-related initiatives have the capacity to improve life on earth.