News and Events (in Russian for the time being)

Today, November 5, 2024, at 02:18:40,459 Moscow time, Soyuz-2.1b rocket launcher with Fregat booster sent into space two Earth satellites Ionosphere-M №1 and №2 together with 53 small satellites.

Two identical satellites Ionosphere-M №1 and №2 are to be launched on November 5, 2024 from Vostochny launch pad. г. They are part of Ionozond project, which will focus on the studies of terrestrial ionosphere and space weather monitoring.

Participants of the 15th Moscow Solar System Symposium unanimously supported Russian Academy of Sciences' proposal, envisaging sending two twin spacecraft to the North and South lunar poles within Luna-27 project.

From October 21, more than 150 scientists from Russia and other countries presented their talks on the problems of Mercury, Venus, Mars and Moon studies, as well as giant planets and small bodies, extrasolar planets and astrobiology.

Scientists and engineers from Russia and Panama discuss the opportunities for the development of space sceince and international cooperation in the field.

The exhibition is the part of the ХХVIII International Conference of the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent).

On October 1–5, 2024, International conference on space education "Road To Space – 2024" at IKI gathered more than 200 participants, who discussed modern challenges in space education. The meeting was dedicated to the anniversary of Sputnik launch on October 4th and includeы satellite events open to public.

New model developed by IKI scientists and their colleagues from Ioffe Institute sheds new light on the origin of W50 giant radio nebula, which hides the most reknown X-ray object of our Galaxy – SS433 microquasar.

From its inauguration in 2018 and up to the end in the current year, the program supplied more than 9 000 workplaces for researchers, including 6 000 for young scientists. Two Youth Labs opened at IKI. Further steps will be done within the National Project "Youth and Children".

Presentation of the future monument and dedicated exhibition on September 4, 2024 at the Academician Keldysh Square in Moscow.