Space without borders: Roscosmos Director General Yuri Borisov spoke about international programs at the Znanie.Pervye marathon

The Director General of the RoscosmosState Corporation for Space Activities spoke at the educational Znanie.Pervye marathon of the Russian "Knowledge" Society on the sidelines of the World Youth Festival in Sirius. A lecture on the development of international cooperation in one of the country’s strategic sectors took place on March 5 in the Yamal Pavilion of the World Youth City. Young people who want to work in this field or keep abreast of current technological and scientific trends gathered to learn about new projects and joint achievements of different countries, because many innovations that enrich everyday life come from the space industry.

"Space without borders. International cooperation in the field of space exploration” —that was the title of the lecture by the head of Roscosmos. Expanding on the topic, Yuri Borisov emphasized that Russia was and remains a leading space power that leads many other countries. Our space achievements include the first human flight into space, the construction of the International Space Station, ensuring the delivery of cosmonauts and astronauts to the ISS, the development of the first civilian spaceport in our country - the Vostochny Cosmodrome, and much more.

“The USSR and Russia have always been pioneers in the field of manned space flight. We, in fact, taught the whole world how to fly into space by launching the first module of the ISS Zarya. Today this is a huge structure the size of several football fields, and the station cannot exist without the Russian segment. We are now preparing to take a new step in manned space exploration by launching a Russian station in a new orbit. It will be created before 2032,” - noted Yuri Borisov.

Yuri Borisov also discussed with the guys the achievements and prospects of international cooperation in space exploration.

“Space is a field in which you cannot work alone. The commercial sector is developing rapidly, and scientific research cannot be stopped, and there are hundreds of them. Space has long been at the service of ordinary people. Today it is impossible to imagine our life without the development of space services: this includes satellite Internet, navigators in cars, hundreds of TV channels, and monitoring the occurrence of natural disasters. Space should be a territory of peace, free from weapons and politics—we will consistently defend this point of view. The more we know about it, the better it will be for everyone,” the Director General of Roscosmos emphasized.

The audience was especially interested in the topic of robotization of astronautics. Alexey from the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area turned to Yuri Borisov with a request to talk about the possibilities of exploring outer space with unmanned vehicles.

 “We have a number of projects that need to be carried out using robots without human presence, primarily due to the harmful effects of radiation. We are planning to build an interplanetary station on the Moon, we are working on a space tug on a nuclear reactor that will be able to transport cargo, collect space debris and do many other useful operations. We have practically solved all the technological problems in this area,” — explained the head of Roscosmos.

We discussed in detail the immediate tasks that Roscosmos specialists are working on. In response to a question from Anna Gavrilova from Grozny, Yuri Borisov spoke about the advantages of the orbital station under construction and the opportunities that improved monitoring of Russian territory from space will open up. First of all, we are talking about the development of the Northern Sea Route, along which it is planned to organize the delivery of goods from Asia to the European part of the country.

Also in the questions that came from young people, there were concerns about the environmental situation in space, concern for the independence and reliability of Russian navigation systems, interest in the development of the Vostochny Cosmodrome and, in the future, the flight of the Angara rocket. According to Yuri Borisov, the Angara launch should be expected in the first ten days of April, although the actual readiness of the site and the rocket still needs to be recorded in the Glavgosexpertiza.

At the end of the conversation, the head of Roscosmos expressed the hope that the younger generation will certainly have their say in the development of domestic cosmonautics.

Also on March 5, on the fourth day of the educational marathon, many outstanding lecturers shared their knowledge, experience and inspiration with children from all over the world, including Maria Lvova-Belova, Presidential Ombudsman for Children's Rights, Denis Pushilin, Head of the Donetsk People's Republic, Dmitry Artyukhov, the Governor of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area, Herman Gref, Chairman of the Management Board of Sberbank, Milos Bikovich, Serbian and Russian actor, Lilia Abramova, presenter, journalist, blogger (Tatarka FM), singer and TV presenter Olga Buzova and others.

The Russian Society "Knowledge" is the general partner of the educational program of the World Youth Festival. The educational marathon Znanie.Pervye of the Russian Society "Knowledge" is one of the main events of the educational program. Marathon takes place in Sirius from March 2 to 6 and covers six sites of the World Youth City: WYF International Airport, Yamal, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Belgorod, and Moscow pavilions. The tracks of the marathon are in line with the Festival: "Responsibility for the fate of the world", "Multinational unity", "A world of opportunity for everyone", "Saving the family for future generations" and "We stand together with Russia". The most striking presentations of lecturers can be seen on the 24-hour media channel Znanie.TV.

In addition, as part of the educational program of the World Youth Festival, the Knowedge Society organized an intellectual tournament Znanie.Igra, a film lecture Znanie.Kino, a multimedia exhibition of the National photo contest Znanie.Russia, where you can immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the main achievements of our country in the XXI century with the help of augmented reality technology.

The World Youth Festival shall become a platform for open dialog between young people from Russia and other countries. After the completion of the events on the Sirius Federal Territory, Russian Knowledge Society will continue the educational line of the World Youth Festival from March 10 to 17 within the framework of the regional program WYF 2024, which will cover all federal districts of our country.

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Overview:

The World Youth Festival is held in accordance with the Decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin to develop international youth cooperation. At the first meeting of the Organizing Committee chaired by Sergey Kiriyenko, First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration, it was decided to hold the Festival in the Sirius Federal Territory.

20,000 young leaders in education, science, international cooperation, culture, volunteering, charity, sports, business, media, etc., including 10,000 foreign participants, will take part in the WYF 2024. For the first time in the history of the festival movement, teenagers from 14 to 17 years old had the opportunity to join the event, including 500 from Russia and 500 from abroad. 5,000 volunteers from all regions of Russia, including 228 residents of the LPR, DPR, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Regions be involved in the organization and delivery of the Festival. The organizer of the World Youth Festival is the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh), the operator of the WYF-2024 is the Directorate of the World Youth Festival.

The first federal education marathon was held in May 2021 and became a symbol of the reboot of the Russian Knowledge Society. More than 850 lecturers shared their experience during the marathon.

The Russian Knowledge Society traces its history back to the Soviet public organization founded in 1947 on the initiative of representatives of the Soviet intelligentsia as the All-Union Society for the Dissemination of Political and Scientific Knowledge (since 1963 — the All-Union Knowledge Society, since 1991— the Knowledge of Russia Society). Members of the Society were engaged in popularizing science and lecturing on the achievements of the Soviet economy and industry. In 2016, Knowledge of Russia was transformed into the Russian Knowledge Society. On April 21, 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the need to restart the Russian Knowledge Society on a modern digital platform in his address to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.