News and Events (in Russian for the time being)

It is with deep sadness that we report the passing of Academician Mikhail Marov, our colleague and a pioneer of Solar System research, whose contribution to the programs of Moon, Mars, and especially Venus exploration cannot be overestimated.

In the end of November 2023 Russian Science Foundation announced the winners of grant competition for small scientific teams.

According to the results of the secret voting the Election Committee decreed to hold Dr. Anatoly Petrukovich elected as a Director of Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

On November 25, 2023 IKI opened its doors for everyone interested in space.

November 20–23, 2023 the Third international conference "Science on the ISS", dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the International Space Station's flight, wil be held at IKI premises.

November 13–17, 2023 IKI hosts the 21st international conference "Modern Problems of the Earth Remote Sensing".

November 7 Dr. Andrey Sadovski, academic secretary of IKI, gave the talk "Through Science to Stars" at the international RUSSIA-EXPO.

IKI Press Service awarded the first prize as "The Best Press-Service of the Year".

Mikhail Pavlinsky X-ray telescope on-board Russian Spektr-RG observatory has completed the full survey of the Milky Way plane and now is going on with the all-sky survey, which was suspended in the spring of 2022.

The image of Zeeman crater was made on August 17 by STS-L cameras on-board Luna-25 station, while it was orbiting the Moon. Scientists have compared the image with the data about the surface in the region. It turned out that the walls of the crater contains more water ice than its floor.