SPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
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)

Can We Cope With Asteroid 2024 YR4?

01/31/2025 - 13:12

Events

Asteroid 2024 YR4, first discovered on December 27, 2024, by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), has been drawing much attention ever since it was found to (possibly) impact the Earth in less than a decade.
Winners of Moscow Government Prize 2024 Announced

01/29/2025 - 19:32

Awards

Among them is IKI scientist Aleksandr Sinevich and his study of plasma in the Earth's ionosphere.
XLIX Korolev Readings Open At Bauman Moscow State Technical University

01/28/2025 - 20:06

Events

At the first plenary session Anatoly Petrukovich, IKI Director, spoke about scientific experiments and technological opportunities that can be done with spacecraft in low-Earth orbits.
Neutron And Gamma-Ray Fluxes From Mercury Measured by MGNS

01/17/2025 - 10:46

Mission Status

January 8, 2025 BepiColombo spacecraft (ESA, JAXA) made its sixth and final Mercury flyby before arriving to Mercury in November 2026. Minimal distance from the planet's surface was 295.6 km. Several instruments of its scientific payload operated during the flyby, and among them was Russian gamma-ray and neutron spectrometer MGNS, made at IKI.
Noctilucent Clouds In The Winter Skies Of Russia

01/16/2025 - 10:54

Research

Noctilucent clouds are typically observed in summer, but in December 2024 these structures were seen in Siberia. IKI scientist Oleg Ugolnikov has studied this rare event. The paper was published on arXiv.org.
Новогоднее поздравление Министра науки и высшего образования РФ Валерия Фалькова

12/31/2024 - 12:00

События

Министр науки и высшего образования РФ Валерий Фальков поздравляет с наступающим Новым годом.
Season's Greetings for New Year 2025

12/31/2024 - 10:00

Events

Our warmest wishes for the upcoming new year 2025!
Anatoly Petrukovich, IKI Director, Shares His Personal Opinion on the Most Significant Space Results of the Year 2024

12/30/2024 - 10:00

Popular science

Dr. Anatoly Petrukovich names IKI's 5+ main results and 5 most interesting events and trends in world space science and exploration.
«Space Visit» at IKI

12/29/2024 - 11:00

Events

On December 25, 2024, delegation of cosmonauts and specialists from Yu. A. Gagarin Research & Test Cosmonaut Training Center visited IKI.
IKI's Instruments Onboard Resurs-P No5

12/28/2024 - 19:10

Events

On December 25, 2024 Resurs-P №5 spacecraft was successfully launched from Baikonur cosmodrome and inserted into the planned orbit.

IKI in Media Weekly Digests (in Russian)

14.02.2022 — 21.02.2022

February 21, 2022
07.02.2022 — 14.02.2022

February 14, 2022
31.01.2022 — 07.02.2022

February 7, 2022
24.01.2022 — 31.01.2022

January 31, 2022

Conferences

IKI Media Service website (archive, in Russian)