October 24, 2017 the State Polytechnic Museum in the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kiev Polytechnic Institute” hosted a roundtable on two tragic dates - the 57th anniversary of the rocket catastrophe in October 24, 1960, which killed 74 people and another 52 died in hosp
On November, 10, the KPI was visited by the Head of the State Space Agency of Ukraine Pavlo Degtyarenko and his adviser Eduard Kuznetsov.
On October, 4, the KPI hosted the events, which were organized in scopes of the agenda of the second day of the International Youth Forum “Space and Future”.
The international Astronautical Federation announced on 4 October 1957 The day of beginning space era of humanity. In this day in 1957 in the Soviet Union on the earth orbit was launched the world's first artificial Earth satellite.
World famous expert in strategic issues of space field development, entrepreneur, journalist and space exploration enthusiast Rick Tumlinson (USA) gave a lecture on 16th June in the exposition hall of State Polytechnic Museum at the Igor Sikorsky KPI.
On 22 April at 13.05 Kyiv time automatic space ferry vehicle “Cygnus CRS OA-7” of Orbital ATK Company that was launched by carrier rocket “Atlas V” into space on 18 April reached International Space Station (ISS)
In April, 18 at 11.11 local time carrier rocket of American consortium United Launch Alliance «Atlas V» was launched from cosmodrome on Cape Canaveral (USA) with transport ship "Cygnus".
On April, 12 State polytechnic museum at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv polytechnic institute had a round table meeting devoted to 56th anniversary of a flight of first Earth astronaut Yurii Haharin.
This year is the 25th anniversary of the founding of the National Space Agency of Ukraine and 20 years of space flight of the first astronaut of independent Ukraine Leonid Kadeniuk within the programme of Ukrainian-American mission STS-87.
Representatives of aerospace field of Ukraine discussed with Igor Sikorsky Kyiv polytechnic institute management and Defense enterprises association of Ukraine issues of cooperation development and particular cooperation lines on 24 March.
