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RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Space Research Institute
Russian Academy of Sciences

Space Research Institute
Russian Academy of Sciences

News and Events (in Russian for the time being)

Satellite Monitoring Of Heavy Fuel Oil Spill Near Kerch Strait on December 15, 2024

12/24/2024 - 17:04

Research

Scientists at IKI and Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences study the heavy fuel oil spill using satellite radar data and SeeTheSea information system.
Water Ice In Lunar Polar Craters According to LEND Neutron Telescope Data Onboard NASA's LRO Mission

12/24/2024 - 13:06

Research

Using data gathered by Russian LEND neutron telescope onboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, IKI scientists studied water ice distribution within lunar polar craters Cabeus and Galimov.
New Black Holes, Neutron Stars, And White Dwarfes Discovered By Mikhail Pavlinsky ART-XC Telesope Onboard Spektr-RG Observatory

12/23/2024 - 17:45

Research

In 2024, IKI scientists and their colleagues completed the analysis of the data from the Milky Way central region deep survey and the first five all-sky surveys (2019–2022) made by Mikhail Pavlinsky ART-XC telescope onboard Spektr-RG X-ray observatory.
Marcel Grossmann Award At IKI

12/23/2024 - 16:07

Awards

Marcel Grossmann institutional award for the Spektrum-Roentgen-Gamma (SRG) mission was presented to IKI at the opening of the "High-Energy Astrophysics Today and Tomorrow" conference on December 23, 2024
MVN X-Ray Monitor Installed On the Outside of the ISS

12/22/2024 - 13:43

Mission Status

On December 19, 2024 cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Wagner installed the MVN single-unit instrument on the outside of the Zvezda Service Module of the ISS, as part of the planned EVA-63. MVN unit is a part of the space experiment MVN, aka All-Sky Monitor.
High Energy Astrophysics Today And Tomorrow 2024

12/18/2024 - 14:26

Save The Date

Annual all-Russian conference "High Energy Astrophyiscs Today And Tomorrow 2024", aka HEA–2024, starts on Monday, December 23 at IKI.
North Polar Spur — Bright Arc In Synchtron Radiation of the Galaxy And In the X-Ray Map of SRG/eROSITA

12/13/2024 - 11:59

Research

New model developed by IKI astrophysicists and their colleagues and based on the data of SRG/eROSITA X-ray telescope, links the bright structure seen in our Galaxy to bubbles of hot gas that emerge from star-formation regions like smoke from the chimney.
2024 All-Russian Space Championship Finishes In Perm

12/13/2024 - 10:00

Education

December 4 to 10 A. D. Shvetsov Perm Aviation Technical College hosted the Second All-Russian Space Championship. bringing together more than 120 school students and 35 tutors, including IKI scientist, from 30 Russian regions.
BTN-Neutron Experiment: Second Stage Underway Aboard Russian Segment of the ISS

12/11/2024 - 10:00

Mission Status

December 3, 2024, the second stage of BTN-Neutron experiment commenced after the arrival of BTN-M2 scientific instument. Installed inside the RS ISS, it complements the BTN-M1 instrument operating on the external side of the RS ISS.
Ionosphere-M First Measurements Of Plasma And Electromagnetic Fields

12/07/2024 - 19:30

Mission Status

Scientific instruments onboard Ionosphere-M No 1 switched on for the first time from November 29 to December 4, 2024.

IKI in Media Weekly Digests (in Russian)

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Conferences

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