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![]() NewsRSC Energia Project is among the best projects in educational shift «Grand Challenges»July 26, 2018The Sirius Educational Center (Sochi) completed the educational project shift "Grand Challenges" for schoolchildren. By the judges estimate, educational project "Advanced Spacesuit with AR-interface" presented by RSC Energia became a winner in the area of Space Technologies. Guests together with the head of the Talent and Success Foundation (founder of Sirius EC) Elena Shmeleva examined the exhibits and laboratories of the Park of Science and Art, and then took part in the "Lesson from Space". At the lesson the shift participants were able to ask interesting questions to the head of the State Corporation, as well as communicate with cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Sergei Prokopiev being in orbit, who detailed about the upcoming launch of two nanosatellites SiriusSat-1 and SiriusSat-2 built in Sirius EC during the last project shift. The spacecraft was launched on July 10 with Progress MS-09 cargo vehicle. Their launch into space is planned for August during the planned extravehicular activity of the ISS Russian Segment cosmonauts. The head of the State Corporation said that the Doors Open Day of Roscosmos will be held in September, where the Sirius Educational Center will be invited as a partner. Within the framework of this event a visit to RSC Energia will take place. It is to be recalled that the Cooperation Agreement between RSC Energia and the Talent and Success Foundation was concluded in March last year, and in July 2017 the Corporation for the first time took part in the project shift “Grand Challenges” of the Sirius Educational Center, where presented a comprehensive educational program for development of the "Flying test bed of the Lunar takeoff and landing complex LTLC)." Within the partnership a full-size mockup of the Buran orbiter previously located at RSC Energia premises was transferred to the Sirius Educational Center.
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