Department of History of Aviation and Cosmonautics

In 2022, 60 years have passed since the first space flight of the first Ukrainian cosmonaut Pavlo Romanovych Popovych.

On occasion of the 75th anniversary of the first flight of the An-2 aircraft

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.

January 28, 2021, marks the 70th anniversary of the birth of the first astronaut of independent Ukraine - Leonid Kostyantynovych Kadenyuk.  Unfortunately, he did not live to see his anniversary.

Quarantine does not prevent us from working on improving public amenities - now there is active work to create a park where students can study and spend free time.

Roundtable took place on November 22 in the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. It was dedicated to the 22nd anniversary of the beginning STS-87 mission (from 19.11 to 05.12.1997), during which the flight on the spaceship of the first independent Ukrainian cosmonaut Leonid Kadeniuk was held

On May 29 Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute was visited by a delegation of parliamentarians from the Republic of Macedonia headed by the chairman of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia parliamentary group on inter-parliamentary relations with Ukraine Jovan Mitreschi.

On April 12, humanity celebrates the World Aviation and Space Day and the International Day of Human Space Flight

On December, 21 Igor Sikorsky KPI was visited by delegation of the company "Alsalam Aerospace Industries" (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia).