On October 4, 1957 the launch of Sputnik-1 marked the beginning of the Space Age.
To commemorate the event every year IKI hosts the Space Science Days — a special event for space scientists, students, and everyone interested in space.
Space Science Days are supported by Russian Academy of Sciences and is a registered event of UN World Space Week on October 4–10.
First all-Russian
Space Education Conference
"Road to Space"
October 1-4, 2019
In 2019 Space Science Days will be dedicated to space education under the title, which brings us back to the First Man in Space, Yuri Gagarin, who would have celebrated 85 years in 2019, and his famous book, known in the West as “Road to the Stars”.
Conference details (in Russian): https://dni.cosmos.ru/conference
- Space education and space exploration: from nanosats to manned stations
- Spacecraft for science and education. Small satellites
- ISS for space education: past and future
- Roscosmos: programs for professional training
- State and business cooperation in pre-professional educations
- International cooperation in space education
- Specialized departments and university laboratories
- Space education for middle and high schools: astronomy clubs and astronomy lessons
- Public outreach with mass media
- Mobility in space education
- Electronic and distant formats in space education
- History of space education and space museums
- Programs for space law in Russian universities
Program Committee
- Acad. Dr. Lev M. Zelenyi (IKI) — Chair
- Dr. Sergey S. Negodyaev (MIPT) — Vice Chair
- Acad. Dr. Vladimir A. Solovyev (MSU) — Vice Chair
- Dr. Oleg M. Alifanov (MAI) — Vice Chair
- Dr. Andrei M. Sadovsky (IKI) — Academic secretary
- Alexandr V. Bloshenko (ROSCOSMOS)
- RAS Corr.Member, Dr. Anatoly A. Petrukovich (IKI)
- RAS Professor, Dr. Alexander A. Lutovinov (IKI)
- Dr. Igor V. Belokonov (SNRU)
- Dr. Maxim S. Dolgonosov (HSE)
- Dr. Olga V. Zakutnyaya (IKI)
Local Organizing Committee
- Acad. Dr. Lev M. Zelenyi (IKI) — Chair
- Dr. Andrei M. Sadovsky (IKI) — Vice Chair
- Elena A. Antonenko (IKI)
- Andrei Yu. Malykhin (IKI)
- Olga V. Sapunova (IKI)
- Dr. Maxim S. Dolgonosov (HSE)
- Tatiana D. Zharkova (IKI)
- Ekaterina O. Korableva (IKI)
- Dr. Olga V. Zakutnyaya (IKI)
my_location Address: Space Research Institute (IKI), Moscow, Profsoyuznaya str., 84/32, entrance А-4.