Alexander Lutovinov

Mikhail Pavlinsly ART-XC X-ray telescope studies the properties of the nuclear stellar disc of the Milky Way.

Prof. Alexander Lutovinov, IKI deputy director and corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, gave a presentation about the history and modern achievements of space science to the participants of the special program “300 Years of the RAS: A Fundamental View of the World,” organized by the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Artek International Children's Center. He also answered the question — why study the Universe at all.

In February 2025 in-flight tests of the MVN All-Sky X-ray Monitor installed on the outer side of the International Space Station have been successfully completed.

On December 25, 2024, delegation of cosmonauts and specialists from Yu. A. Gagarin Research & Test Cosmonaut Training Center visited IKI.

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 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

The Prime Minister of Russia, Mikhail Mishustin presented Government science and technology awards on November 27, 2024.

Academician Gennady Krasnikov, president of the Russian Academy of Sciences, visited IKI in praise of the 5th anniversary of Spektr-RG launch.