On March 21 at the State Polytechnic Museum of NTUU "KPI" was a round table session "great scientists of the world". It was marking the 540 anniversary of the birth of the Polish astronomer Mykola Kopernyk, 370 anniversary of the birth of Isaac Newton and the 150th anniversary of the birth of the first president of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, one of the greatest national scientists of the twentieth century Volodymyr Vernadsky.
The 6th of December, at the day of Armed Forces of Ukraine and on the eve of International day of civilian aviation, took place a sonorous ceremony of opening the science lab-flight IAK-40.
On October 23, 2012 a delegation of the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation “Miraikan”, Japan, headed by Executive Director Mr. Motohide Konaka, visited NTUU "KPI".
On August 30 the airplane Yak-40 appeared at the site of Aviation and Space at the State Polytechnic Museum NTUU "KPI".
December 14 Ambassador of Japan Toichi Sakata donated to the State Polytechnic Museum at "KPI" Japanese model of space rocket "H-IIB".
Michael Yangel was born October 25, 1911 in the village Zyryanova Nyzhnoilimskyy district of Irkutsk region in a large family. His parents - Kuzma Lavrentiyovych and Anna Pavlovna - had 12 children. Michael was the sixth child.
An unforgettable encounter with the living legend of the Soviet space program was held at the NTUU"KPI" on May 13. The cosmonaut Georgy Grechko visited Kiev Polytechnic Institute. He participated in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, three times flew into space.
April 12, 1961 Soviet citizen Yuri Gagarin on the spaceship "Vostok" for the first time in human history has made space flight. The news of this event immediately spread through the entire planet.
In March 1960 Pavel Popovich, together with Yuri Gagarin was enrolled in the first group of cosmonauts. I think their paths similarity is not accidental. Each of them after receiving specialty - whether in school or in college - could stop, start a measured life.
Maneuvering tank-locomotive 0-3-0 designed for moving the goods in confined areas, where there is a need for frequent stops and movement on curves with small radius.
