Dr. Rupert Gerzer came to work at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology ( Skoltech ) one year ago as an associate director of the research university’s Space Center, but as a qualified medical doctor, he does not hide the fact that his heart...
Two Skolkovo startups made international headlines earlier this year when they announced that they were working together on a 3D printer for the International Space Station that would be able to print satellites directly in space. Several months later, the...
A new English-language journal titled REACH – Reviews in Human Space Exploration was launched at the end of last month with Rupert Gerzer, a professor at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology , as its editor-in-chief. Professor Rupert...
Valery Komissarov, a VC at the Skolkovo Foundation, shares his thoughts on the latest trends in the space industry and the most up-and-coming space startups around the world with VentureBeat . Photo: Pexels.com. I’m a VC at Russia’s...
3D Bioprinting Solutions , a resident company of the Skolkovo Foundation that made headlines last year when it printed the world’s first functional thyroid construct for a mouse, is to make a 3D bioprinter for printing tissue and organ constructs on board...
Finding new ways of commercially exploiting satellites already in orbit, while creating economic value in the process: this is the goal of the research being carried out by Alessandro Golkar, Interim Director of the Space Center and Associate Professor at the...
An international team of students and graduates from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) will present its project for a two-person flyby past Mars at the Gemini Mars Design Competition in Washington D.C. in September after it was selected...
This week, NASA’s space probe Juno entered Jupiter’s orbit after a journey lasting nearly five years, and like astronautics experts and enthusiasts around the globe, Skolkovo’s space cluster was watching with bated breath. An artist's...
The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology ( Skoltech ) and the German Aerospace Center ( DLR ) have signed a research cooperation agreement that will allow Skoltech to take part in real space experiments. Hansjörg Dittus (left) and Rupert...
A 3D printer for use in space is the end goal of a joint project between two residents of the Skolkovo Foundation – the companies Sputnix and Anisoprint – and Moscow Polytechnic University. Fyodor Antonov, director of Anisoprint., a resident...
Nineteen years after he went into space, Dr. Reinhold Ewald still can’t eat broccoli. “It was the most mineral-rich vegetable available in space, and I had to eat tons of it,” the German astronaut recalled with laughter as he gave a lecture...
The Moon Village – a permanent lunar base station – should be a truly international affair, and Russian villagers are more than welcome, European Space Agency director general Johann-Dietrich Woerner told professors and students of the Skolkovo...
CosmoCourse , a private Russian space exploration enterprise, has become the first company to get approval from federal space corporation Roscosmos for its space tourism project. The company, one of a slew of up-and-coming space startups that have resident...
The ears of U.S. space entrepreneur Elon Musk should by all rights have been burning furiously on Thursday, when he became one of the most discussed topics at the InSpace forum and conference in Moscow. At the opening discussion, devoted to the relationship...
The Skolkovo Foundation is preparing to expand beyond planet Earth this autumn, when its subsidiary, the Skolkovo Orbital Launch Centre (SOLC), is set to send satellites into space. “Our first launches are planned for October this year,” said...
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev cast his eye over innovations from residents of the Skolkovo Foundation this week at the Russian Arms Expo in Nizhny Tagil. Belyakov, left, showing Medvedev the Skolkovo stand. Photo: sk.ru Medvedev, who created...
The MAKS air show has proved to be a significant driver of business for the Skolkovo Foundation, which has overseen deals for several resident companies and announced the completion of construction of a Boeing pilot training facility at the Innovation Center...
The International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) has selected a paper by Professor Alessandro Golkar and Skoltech President Edward Crawley to receive the Systems Engineering journal’s 2014 Best Paper of the Year Award, reports the university’s...
The R&D spinoff of Dauria Aerospace, Russia’s first private space firm, is to receive 60 million rubles from the investment arm of state corporation Vnesheconombank under a deal signed Tuesday at Startup Village. Morozov, left, and Ivanov. Photo...
Improvements in this version of Startup Village: Record crowds, new setting, creative catering. Like the leading smartphone apps, Startup Village is constantly evolving. The third edition of Russia and Eastern Europe’s biggest startup event is no...
A decision by Dauria Aerospace to cut back on its international activity is “completely expected,” Skolkovo vice president and space cluster executive director Alexey Belyakov told sk.ru. “In a climate of sharply constricting financial...
Russia’s top Earth-monitoring company ScanEx has signed a deal with the Skolkovo Foundation to base a 250 million ruble R&D center at the Innovation Center. ScanEx, operating since 1989, offers a complete set of services ranging from acquisition...
Skolkovo partner Dauria Aerospace has been named by SpaceNews magazine as one of the world’s top seven commercial operators in 2014. Dauria Aerospace sent Russia into the new space economy of private commercial operations earlier this year with the...
HELSINKI, Finland - Russia’s first space entrepreneur says it’s judgment day for his country’s startup industry. Speaking to sk.ru on the sidelines of Europe’s biggest tech conference, Slush 2014 in Helsinki, Mikhail Kokorich said...
Skolkovo’s Scientific Advisory Council ended a whirlwind tour of American educational institutions this week by holding its quarterly meeting at Stanford University, where the prospects for Russian science, education and business came under scrutiny....