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SUMMARY:To the Moon & Beyond: Kingston’s Solar System Walk
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate International Moon Day with a unique\, family-friendly experience in the heart of Kingston. \nThe  Solar System Walk is a free\, self-guided trail that transforms Fairfield Recreation Ground in Kingston into a scaled model of our solar system—guiding you from the Sun\, past the planets\, and Earth’s Moon. \nRunning from 20 July – 30 September 2026\, this interactive walk lets you experience the vast distances of space on foot. Along the route\, discover fascinating facts about each planet and explore the story of our Moon—from the Apollo landings to today’s renewed era of exploration. \nFollowing the successful Artemis II mission\, which sent astronauts around the Moon for the first time in over 50 years\, humanity is now closer than ever to returning to the lunar surface. This trail offers a chance to reflect on that journey and be inspired by what comes next. \nPerfect for families\, curious minds\, and summer explorers\, the trail invites you to: \nWalk a scaled journey through the solar system\nDiscover the science and story of Earth’s Moon\nCelebrate a new chapter in lunar exploration\nExplore Kingston in a fun and engaging new way \nStart anywhere\, follow at your own pace\, and take your own giant leap towards the Moon.
URL:https://internationalmoonday.org/event/to-the-moon-beyond-kingstons-solar-system-walk/
LOCATION:Fairfield Recreation Ground\, Kingston\, United Kingdom\, Kingston\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:In Person
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SUMMARY:Moon Frequencies: A Digital Art Exhibition Celebrating International Moon Day 2026
DESCRIPTION:Presented by the Moon Village Association Vienna\, Moon Frequencies is a digital art exhibition by Rachel Jag that celebrates the cultural\, scientific\, and imaginative significance of the Moon. Marking International Moon Day 2026\, the exhibition explores how contemporary digital art can deepen public engagement with humanity’s past achievements and future aspirations in space. \n\n\n\nDrawing inspiration from lunar exploration\, astronomy\, and the evolving vision of a sustainable human presence beyond Earth\, the exhibition features a collection of digital works that examine themes of discovery\, innovation\, resilience\, and our enduring connection to the Moon. Through dynamic visual language\, the artworks invite audiences to reflect on the Moon as both a physical destination for exploration and a universal symbol of curiosity\, creativity\, and shared human ambition. \n\n\n\nBy bringing together art and space science\, Moon Frequencies encourages dialogue across disciplines and generations\, demonstrating how artistic expression can complement scientific achievement and inspire new perspectives on humanity’s future in space. The exhibition serves as a tribute to international cooperation\, innovation\, and the collective pursuit of knowledge that International Moon Day represents. \n\n\n\n\nInternational Moon Day
URL:https://internationalmoonday.org/event/moon-frequencies-a-digital-art-exhibition-celebrating-international-moon-day-2026-2/
LOCATION:Austria – Online\, Austria
CATEGORIES:Online
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SUMMARY:Lunar Mission Workshop
DESCRIPTION:ispace\, inc is hosting a Lunar Mission Design Workshop in Thailand on September 12\, where about 100 students and professionals convene to learn about the lunar environment that affects science on the moon\, and how to design a payload onboard a lunar lander\, along with a panel session with professors with real space payload projects onboard the ISS and earth orbit satellites.
URL:https://internationalmoonday.org/event/lunar-mission-workshop/
LOCATION:Katsertat University\, Thailand\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:In Person
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SUMMARY:Protecting Lunar Heritage: Developing Guidelines and Recommendations for Controlled Lunar Deorbiting
DESCRIPTION:On the occasion of the 67th anniversary of the impact of the Soviet probe Luna 2\, the first artificial object to reach the Moon\, the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Aerospace Heritage proposes an event dedicated to the protection of lunar archaeological heritage\, with particular attention to the risks posed by the impacts of de-orbited satellites and rocket stages.\nThe Moon preserves the material remains of dozens of space missions conducted since 1959\, documenting humanity’s earliest interactions with another celestial body. Although the lunar environment has favoured their preservation\, these sites are becoming increasingly vulnerable due to natural weathering processes and the growing number of exploration and commercial activities.\nAs lunar traffic increases\, controlled crash landings of orbiters and rocket stages are becoming an increasingly attractive and potentially sustainable end-of-mission disposal strategy. However\, the degree to which such impacts can be effectively controlled remains uncertain\, as controlled lunar impacts have not yet been established as a sustained and consistently reliable practice. Moreover\, high-velocity regolith ejecta generated by these impacts may damage or contaminate lunar areas requiring particular protection. These include historical heritage sites associated with past lunar exploration and natural areas of special scientific or logistic significance\, including the polar regions (>75°N/S)\, which contain water-ice deposits of strategic importance; the equatorial zone\, which hosts a major concentration of near-side heritage and may support future launch infrastructure; the lunar maria\, which are of interest for both in-situ resource utilisation and radio-quiet astronomy; the South Pole–Aitken Basin\, which is of particular scientific interest for understanding the stratigraphy of the deep mantle  and contains the Chang’e 4 and Chang’e 6 sites of historical activity; and other scientifically significant formations\, such as lobate scarps\, lunar pits\, magnetic anomalies\, and Copernican-age craters. Impact ejecta may also threaten existing operational infrastructure\, including\, for example\, the Lunar Laser Ranging Retroreflectors.\nTo address these challenges\, the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Aerospace Heritage\, which is actively engaged in the study and protection of aerospace heritage\, is drafting guidelines and recommendations for controlled lunar crash landings. These are intended to provide expert technical advice to inform consensus-based decision-making within COPUOS and to support the future development of international standards and policies.\nThe event will introduce the Committee and its activities\, provide an overview of lunar heritage\, the threats to its preservation and the current legal framework\, and conclude with a presentation of the Committee’s ongoing work\, including preliminary recommendations for the safe management of controlled lunar crash landings. \nProtecting Lunar Heritage: Developing Guidelines and Recommendations for Controlled Lunar Deorbiting\nMonday\, 14 September 2026\, 14.00 – 16.00 (CEST) \n🇺🇸 Los Angeles – 5:00–7:00 AM; 🇺🇸 Denver – 6:00–8:00 AM; 🇺🇸 Chicago – 7:00–9:00 AM; 🇺🇸 New York – 8:00–10:00 AM; 🇧🇷 Brasília – 9:00–11:00 AM; 🇬🇧 London – 1:00–3:00 PM; 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 Paris / Berlin / Rome – 2:00–4:00 PM; 🇿🇦 Johannesburg – 2:00–4:00 PM; 🇹🇷 Istanbul – 3:00–5:00 PM; 🇦🇪 Dubai – 4:00–6:00 PM; 🇮🇳 New Delhi – 5:30–7:30 PM; 🇹🇭 Bangkok – 7:00–9:00 PM; 🇨🇳 Beijing – 8:00–10:00 PM; 🇸🇬 Singapore – 8:00–10:00 PM; 🇯🇵 Tokyo – 9:00–11:00 PM; 🇰🇷 Seoul – 9:00–11:00 PM; 🇦🇺 Sydney – 11:00 PM–1:00 AM (+1); 🇳🇿 Auckland – 1:00–3:00 AM (+1)
URL:https://internationalmoonday.org/event/protecting-lunar-heritage-developing-guidelines-and-recommendations-for-controlled-lunar-deorbiting/
LOCATION:Università di Pisa – Palazzo Carità\, Pisa\, Italy\, Via Pasquale Paoli\, 15\, Pise\, PI\, 56126\, Italy
CATEGORIES:Hybrid
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SUMMARY:A talk with Astronaut Dorin Prunariu
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to invite you to an upcoming talk at Kingston Museum with Astronaut Dorin Prunariu to celebrate International Moon Day. Prunariu will be joining us virtually to discuss “Humanity’s Return to the Moon” with an opportunity for the audience to participate in a questions and answers session afterwards. Whilst this is a free event\, space is limited so make sure to reserve a place. \nLocation: Kingston Museum\nDate: 17th September\nTime: 6:30PM-7:15PM\nAdmission: FREE \nDorin Prunariu: https://internationalmoonday.org/team/dumitru-dorin-prunariu/  \nFewer than 800 people in history have been to space. Dorin Prunariu is one of them. \nIn 1981\, Prunariu set off aboard Soyuz 40\, spending eight days aboard the Salyut 6 space station\, the kind of experience almost nobody on Earth can speak of firsthand. \nSince his flight\, Prunariu has gone on to help shape how the world thinks about space. He is Chair of the UN’s Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space\, President of the Association of Space Explorers\, and now Co-Chair of International Moon Day.
URL:https://internationalmoonday.org/event/a-talk-with-astronaut-dorin-prunariu/
LOCATION:Kingston Museum\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:In Person
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ORGANIZER;CN="Phoenix Comms":MAILTO:rhickling@phoenix-comms.co.uk
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SUMMARY:Moon Village Center Bulgaria - Inauguration
DESCRIPTION:On 18 September\, we’re opening the doors of Moon Village Center Bulgaria — the first Moon Village Association center in Europe\, and the second in the world.Join us in Plovdiv as part of European Researchers’ Night 2026:🌕 13:00–13:30 — Official Opening of Moon Village Center Bulgaria📖 13:30–14:00 — Book presentation: In the Embrace of Chronos: Stories of Timelessness. Tales from the Watchmakers of the South Central Region🧒 14:00–16:00 — Children’s workshop: The Moon — First Mother of Time⏱️ 14:00–16:00 — Creative workshop with a master watchmaker: Winding Up TimeAcross the day\, we’ll explore two threads of the same story in parallel: the living heritage of watchmaking craft in South Central Bulgaria\, and the Moon itself as humanity’s oldest timekeeper — the primordial mother of time\, whose cycles shaped calendars\, ritual and craft long before the first mechanical clock was built.Moon Village Center Bulgaria is an interdisciplinary hub for space culture\, governance and scientific outreach — connecting lunar exploration with Earth’s own traditions of timekeeping\, craft and myth.An initiative of Center for Projects Plovdiv\, part of the Moon Village Association network.📍 CPSBB\, Trakia District\, 14 Sv. Knyaz Boris I – Pokrastitel Blvd\, Plovdiv🕐 13:00–16:00 · Free admission🔗 moonvillagebulgaria.eu
URL:https://internationalmoonday.org/event/moon-village-center-bulgaria-inauguration/
LOCATION:Association Center for Projects Plovdiv\, 2 Alexander Pushkin St.\, Plovdiv\, 4000\, Bulgaria
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SUMMARY:9° Encontro de Astronomia e Astronáutica de Cabo Frio
DESCRIPTION:🌌 9º Encontro de Astronomia e Astronáutica de Cabo Frio 🚀 \nPrepare-se para uma viagem pelos mistérios do Universo! \nNos dias 18 e 19 de setembro de 2026\, Cabo Frio será palco de mais uma grande celebração da ciência\, com palestras\, atividades educativas\, exposições\, observações astronômicas e muita informação sobre astronomia e exploração espacial. \nO evento é gratuito e aberto ao público\, reunindo estudantes\, professores\, apaixonados pelo céu e todos que desejam conhecer mais sobre o Universo. \n📍 Local: Terminal de Ônibus de Turismo\, em frente ao Dormitório das Garças – Cabo Frio/RJ Brasil  \nVenha participar dessa jornada pelas estrelas e descobrir que o Universo está mais perto do que imaginamos! \n✨ 9º Encontro de Astronomia e Astronáutica de Cabo Frio — olhando para o céu\, construindo conhecimento.
URL:https://internationalmoonday.org/event/9-encontro-de-astronomia-e-astronautica-de-cabo-frio/
LOCATION:Terminal de Ônibus de Turismo\, Cabo Frio\, Brazil\, Av. Wilson Mendes\, 900 - Jacaré\, Cabo Frio\, RJ\, 28922-000\, Brazil
CATEGORIES:In Person
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SUMMARY:DexLab Moon Day: Observing the Moon with Robotic Telescopes
DESCRIPTION:DexLab is an international student-led science organisation whose members work online across eight scientific squads in physics\, chemistry\, biology\, mathematics\, programming\, astronomy\, debate and science communication.\nTo mark International Moon Day 2026\, DexLab is hosting an online session in two parts:\nLunar science lecture — an introductory talk in Arabic and English on the Moon’s geology\, the physics of the lunar surface environment\, and the science goals of current and planned lunar missions.\nLive robotic observation — students operate a robotic telescope to image the Moon\, then process and analyse their own data\, learning how raw observations become scientific measurements.\nThe session is free\, fully online and open to students from any country. It is designed for participants with no prior background in astronomy\, and reflects DexLab’s aim of making space science accessible to students in regions with limited access to observational facilities.
URL:https://internationalmoonday.org/event/dexlab-moon-day-observing-the-moon-with-robotic-telescopes/
LOCATION:syrian community virtual school\, Syria _ Damascus _ jaramana\, Damascus\, Damascus\, 0000
CATEGORIES:Online
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