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Academician of RAS Viktor Savinykh, two times Hero of the Soviet Union, who has performed three spaceflights as onboard engineer, recalls his flights, reasons upon the importance of scientific research and education of the younger generation.

“Acknowledged: one-minute readiness. I am in the launch position…”

Station Luna-25 will start for the Moon in October 2021. What are the tasks of new Russian lunar mission? The answers are provided by Igor Mitrofanov, head of nuclear planetology department at the Space Research Institute (IKI) of RAS.

Levan Stazhadze is a doctor of medicine, professor, full member of the International Astronautics Academy and a real groundbreaker. Today’s reminiscences are devoted to the 60th anniversary of the first space flight

Recreational spaceflight began 20 years ago, when Dennis Tito, an American entrepreneur, spent almost 8 days at the International Space Station as a space tourist. History and prospects of journeys above clouds

April 11 – World Parkinson’s Day

Bipolar affective disorder. It is accompanied by deviations in the biochemical processes of the brain. The word “bipolar” stands for two extremes – mania and depression alternate, while the person is just trying to live

Fear and stress – two factors that negatively affect a person’s mental and physical health

We will tell you about a unique museum that will be the central site for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the first manned space flight

Previously, surgery has only been successful in 20% of liver cancer patients. Radioembolization can arrest tumor development. This treatment is now also available in Russia. On April 9, doctors performed four such procedures.

The quiz saw active participation by students from 67 schools collaborating on the RAS Basic Schools project launched by the Russian Academy of Sciences together with the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation

On April 9, 2021, 10:42 (Moscow time), the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle with the Yu.A. Gagarin manned spacecraft lifted off from launch pad No.31 at Baikonur Cosmodrome

The introduction of smart education should facilitate professional self-determination and personal adaptation in a rapidly changing society in the age of technological innovation

On April 9, 1799, an English chemist discovered that inhaling laughing gas suppresses pain. And from January 2021 on, nitrous oxide has been banned in Russia for any uses other than medical and industrial

The eternal satellite, the white-gray disk, or the changing sickle that rolls out into the night sky. It may seem that there is nothing new left. But the moon holds many secrets and new possibilities. They are waiting to be discovered and we will tell you about them

On April 8, Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency hosted a press conference with Viktor Sadovnichy, the rector of the Moscow State University. He spoke about the contribution of scientists to space exploration, the Scientific and Technology Valley of the Moscow State University, also mentioning some highlights of the 2021 enrollment campaign

On April 8, 1911, Kamerlingh Onnes wrote in a laboratory journal as follows: “The resistance of mercury is practically zero.” Fifty years later, the scientific community agreed that the word “practically” was definitely redundant.

Is it possible to vanquish ageing and not to fall ill? What factors lead to agility and can we cancel them? Commentaries by O.N. Tkacheva, director of the Russian Gerontology Research Clinical Center at the Pirogov Russian Research Medical University

Today, on April 7, the IMEMO RAS held a meeting of the Academic Council dedicated to the 100th birth anniversary of Nikolai Inozemtsev

A reference meter is installed under the arch at 36 rue de Vaugirard in Paris. It was assembled at the end of the eighteenth century. On April 7, 1795, the law introducing the metric system of measurement came into force