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This year's World Blood Donor Day will be held under the slogan “Share your life, give blood”. It is especially relevant for Ukraine: after the start of the full-scale invasion of Russia, the need for donated blood has increased many times over.

On this day, May 25, 1889, Igor Sikorsky was born - a world-famous student of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, a brilliant aircraft designer, tireless inventor and desperate pilot who conquered Europe and the United States.

Medevacs, infantry vehicles, military Fords, and a rare GAZ-61 were the vehicles used in two extremely important and little-known special operations of the anti-Hitler coalition, "Frank" and "Overlord."

The State Polytechnic Museum named after Borys Paton at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute is exhibiting a photo exhibition "Soledar. Salt. War".

From October 4 to 10 this year, the world celebrated World Space Week for the thirty-fourth time. More than 80 countries held events dedicated to the achievements of mankind in space exploration, as well as the possibilities of integrating space technologies into business projects.

On June 1, the whole world celebrated the International Children's Day. Unfortunately, the Children's Day in 2023 in Ukraine was held in the context of war. But it did not prevent the Charitable Foundation "Development. Children.

Every year on May 18, the State Polytechnic Museum named after Borys Paton at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute celebrates the International Museum Day.

The tour of the library and excursion to the KPI museum were held for pupils of the Technical Lyceum of NTUU "KPI" of Vyshgorod City Council.

On April 12, Ukraine celebrates the Day of Rocket and Space Industry Workers and the International Day of Aviation and Astronautics, which is dedicated to the first human space flight. On this occasion, our museum received a new exhibit - a prototype of the PolyITAN-1 nanosatellite.