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 the day of the 60th anniversary of the launch of the first artificial satellite of the Earth - October 4, 2017 - a roundtable on this remarkable event took place in the session hall of the Academic Council of the KPI.
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.
In June, 9, Ambassador Extraordinary and Preliminary of French Republic in Ukraine, Isabelle Dumont visited NTUU "KPI".
On May, 20th a meeting on Supervisory Board creation for ‘Sikorskyi’s national center’ Charity Fund took place in NTUU ‘KPI’. Viktor Yushchenko, the third Ukrainian president, participated in it.
On April 27, 2016 the 25th anniversary of the Kyiv Museum of Astronautics History (today – Department of history of aviation and cosmonautics of State Polytechnic Museum of I.I. Sikorsky in NTUU “KPI”) took place.
Representation delegation of “Boeing” corporation as well as company groups “Progresstech” visited NTUU “KPI” on 16 of May
On April, 12th the round table devoted to the 55th anniversary of Yu. O. Gagarin’s space flight and the development of rocket-space potential of Ukraine took place in the Academic Board Hall of NTUU ‘KPI’.
The manager of law firm, leading counsel of Democratic Party of USA, Ravi Batra, ex-permanent representative of Ukraine in OUN, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine Yurii Seregeev and representative of Fund for scientific and technical development of Ukraine, Myhailo Goihman visited NTUU “KPI” in February, 10.
The exhibition of the State Polytechnic Museum "KPI" added a new exhibit. In the I.I. Sikorskyi Department of Aviation and Cosmonautics the instrument - an ancient piano attracts the attention of visitors. It would seem, what does this thing have to do with aviation and rocketry?&n
