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 The
9th Annual International Workshop Space Development:
Theory and Practice (SDTP) was
held under the aegis of the Federal Space Agency in Korolev,
Moscow Region, from July 2 till 10. Representatives of UK,
USA, and Russia (from YSC, BMSTU and Moscow Physics and
Technology Institute) interested in Space investigations
became the participants of SDTP-2006.
The program of the
 conference
was very intensive and interesting. The Opening Ceremony
took place in Federal Space Agency where the
alternate of Agency Head Vitaliy Davydov made a
7presentation devoted to the current status of Russian Space
Development Program. During the Conference the participants
had an excellent opportunity to visit such Russian
enterprises associated with
 Space
industry as Scientific and Production Association “Zvezda”,
which designs and
produces helmets, spacesuits and life-support systems for
aviation; Khrunichev Space center which is one of the
world’s leaders in launch vehicle and spacecraft
development; Lavochkin Industrial and Scientific
Association, Russian’s leader in development
and
 production of space probes and rovers.
Living in the hotel of
the Institute for
 Advanced
Training in Aerospace Engineering (IPK) which is ideally
suited to support the workshop, the conferees visited Monino
Air Force Museum, the biggest aviation museum among all
airforce museums of the former Soviet Union states; Orevo
Facility of Bauman Moscow State Technical University, an
active training centre for the university’s engineering
students;
 The
Yuriy Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City (Zvezdny
Gorodok), where the participants of SDTP workshop could see
the Mir space station training area, the hydro laboratory
neutral buoyancy facility, the centrifuge and other unique
equipment.
 There
also was organized an excursion to the world’s famous
Mission Control Center, and the docking of Space Shuttle to
International Space Station was translated on the MCCs’
widescreen at that very time. That was fantastic view!!
 SDTP-2006
workshop also included discussion with Russian cosmonauts
Sergey Krikalev and Alexander Lazutkin, and everyone who
wished could ask them questions and also listen to their
fascinating
 descriptions
about flights into Space.
The participants of
the workshop attended lectures on different topics related
to space engineering, such as lectures about radiolocation.
Talking about spending
free time, it’s necessary to mention excursions to Red
Square,
 Saint
Basil’s Cathedral and
 Kremlin’s
Cathedrals, Arbat-street, Kuskovo park, Polytechnic Museum,
Tretyakov Art Gallery, Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Laura and
other famous places. It should specially be told about
visiting the Bolshoi Theatre and very beautiful evening boat
trip down the Moscow river.
SDTP-2006 became a
perfect chance for people from all over the world not only
for communicate but also for exchange their experience in
Space development with each other at the Scientific
Conference which took place at the end of the workshop.
Welcome to SDTP-2007,
dear colleagues!
Anna Grechisheva.
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