April 12, 1961 Soviet citizen Yuri Gagarin on the spaceship "Vostok" for the first time in human history has made space flight. The news of this event immediately spread through the entire planet.
In March 1960 Pavel Popovich, together with Yuri Gagarin was enrolled in the first group of cosmonauts. I think their paths similarity is not accidental. Each of them after receiving specialty - whether in school or in college - could stop, start a measured life.
Maneuvering tank-locomotive 0-3-0 designed for moving the goods in confined areas, where there is a need for frequent stops and movement on curves with small radius.
There is in the Department of Aviation and Space Museum at the State Polytechnic "KPI", which presents samples of model aviation and space technology, the exhibit, which seems to get here by accident. This is - a big (one and a half meters in diameter) globe of the Moon.
Helicopter Mi-2 has been installed at the site near the former hangar, which is now the Department of History of Aviation and Cosmonautics DPM. It is an exhibit of the technical museum in the open air NTUU "KPI". Opening took place June 15, 2009.
June 15, The Technical Museum in the open air NTUU "KPI" was added with a new exhibit. The helicopter Mi-2, a gift of the Ministry of Defense, was installed at the site near the former hangar, and now the branch of aviation and astronautics SPM.
Of all the pieces exhibited in the Department of Aviation and Astronautics State Polytechnic Museum, the viewers’ attention is attracted by the lander of spacecraft "Voskhod", which had been in space.
Not so many photos of the Kiev Polytechnic Institute period of the first years of its existence has survived to our time. Most of them are in albums, which were presented to the first rector of the KPI V.L. Kirpichov in 1902.
Museology in KPI has a long history. Except of Zoological museum of agricultural department, Engineer museum opened on February 1. It was supervised by engineering group. The museum commission of Engineer museum of KPI was established in 1905 and it was headed by Eugene Oskarovych Paton.
October 22 one of the most active veterans of Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kiev, Honored Space Technology Tester, senior researcher at the State Polytechnic Museum "KPI", academician of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences of National Progress Anatoly Grygorovych Dormidontov celebrated his 80th Birthday
