Record-breaking PolyITAN-1: 10 years in orbit

The purpose of the development and launch of the first university nanosatellite of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute was to study the design elements of the device, in particular solar sensors for small spacecraft for their further improvement and use in subsequent satellites of this series, to test the technological modes of flight...

From KPI to Mars

Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute graduate Sergiy Yakymov became the head of the Mars Desert Research Station in the US state of Utah. He gave an exclusive interview for Fakty Nedeli.

To Leonid Kadenyuk's Birthday

Today, January 28, is the 70th anniversary of the birth of the Hero of Ukraine, Major General of Aviation and Cosmonautics Leonid Kostyantynovych Kadenyuk. He is the first astronaut of independent Ukraine. Leonid Kadenyuk was a man with a big heart and boundless love for the Homeland.

KPI. Conquest of Space

“Cosmonautics has an infinite future and its prospects are boundless, like the Universe itself” – these words of Sergiy Koroliov are of great interest at this time. His far-sighted, incisive mind was able to comprehend all the greatness of cosmic horizons.
 

Sergiy Korolyov's Birthday

On December 12, Sergiy Korolyov was born. He was a rocket engineer who launched the first satellite into space, the first astronaut, and a spacecraft designer.

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