A Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle carrying two satellites made by Dauria Aerospace successfully lifted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 9.36 a.m. on Friday. The Soyuz launch vehicle being readied for takeoff at the Baikonur cosmodrome this...
Dauria Aerospace , one of Russia’s first private space startups, is preparing to launch two of its satellites into space on the morning of July 14. The cluster of smallsats has already been integrated with the upper stage of the Fregat at Baikonur...
Few knew of Galina Balashova's remarkable work on the Soviet space programme until a few years ago. "By day I worked on renovating buildings, by night I designed the inside of spaceships,” she says. Galina Balashova, left, presenting her...
If you’re stuck for ideas of where to go on holiday this summer, how about visiting a mythical world you once saw in a dream? Or how about spending some time on Mars? If you’re looking for something more earthly but can’t face a long-haul...
The occasions when it’s justifiable to trot out the well-worn opening lines of Leo Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina” (“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way”) are few and far between, but their...
The founders and directors of Skolkovo resident startups make up nearly one-third of a list of “ 20 young and promising heroes of tomorrow ” published by the RBC news agency’s magazine on Thursday. Six of the 20 inventors and entrepreneurs...
The world’s first hybrid aeroboat – a boat capable of travelling across water, snow, sand and land – will be unveiled next month at the Skolkovo Foundation’s Startup Village , a giant two-day event for tech entrepreneurs and investors...
The fifth annual Skolkovo Robotics event opened at the Skolkovo Technopark on Friday with a greeting from space. Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky addresses the Skolkovo Robotics conference from onboard the ISS. Photo: Sk.ru. Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, who...
There was a distinct feeling of déjà vu at the second InSpace forum held in Moscow on Friday, where one year after the original event , the main players in Russia’s space industry pondered the same existential questions that had dominated...
The movers and shakers of Russia's space industry gathered on March 3 for the annual In Space forum. Discussions included cooperation mechanisms between the state space corporation Roscosmos and Russia's growing wave of private space companies, many...
Copter Express , a resident startup of the Skolkovo Foundation, has taken second place in the Global Mobile Challenge , a major mobile app competition held in partnership with the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, for its system for using drones...
Last year was a dynamic time for space technologies, full of great achievements and ambitious plans as well as epic failures and accidents, reminding us of the complexity of space exploration, writes Ivan Kosenkov, a project manager with the Skolkovo Foundation’s...
Frontline Avionics , a Skolkovo resident startup that makes avionics for ultralight and experimental aircraft, has entered into partnership with M-14P, Incorporated , a family firm in Arizona that specializes in repairing and servicing Russian M14-P engines...
Skolkovo resident HUDWAY was out in full force at the CES consumer electronics tradeshow in Las Vegas earlier this month, where the company's innovative accessory for turning drivers' smartphones into a head-up display, showing road information on the...
We all know that cars are getting smarter, and driverless cars are looming on the horizon . The day may not be too far off when we can just summon a driverless car, hop in and relax, leaving the car to deal with all the tasks that drivers currently have to...
HELSINKI — Marvelmind Robotics , a Skolkovo resident startup that makes high-precision indoor navigation systems, has made it through to the semifinals of the Slush 100 Pitching Competition in Helsinki. Maxim Tretyakov, CEO of Marvelmind Robotics...
The Skolkovo Foundation has awarded its first invitations to next year’s Startup Village in Moscow, selecting two Asian startups from the finalists of the Tech in Asia Jakarta Arena competition. The winners of Tech in Asia Jakarta Arena, including...
Marvelmind Robotics , a resident startup of the Skolkovo Foundation that makes indoor GPS technology, has won the first prize of 5 million yuan ($740,000) at the Slush Shanghai pitching competition for the best seed-stage companies. Marvelmind Robotics...
Skolkovo resident Anisoprint has attracted 17 million rubles ($270,000) in investment from the NK4 engineering centre under an agreement signed at the Open Innovations forum on Thursday. Fyodor Antonov, head of Anisoprint, pictured at work in his lab...
HelgiLab , a resident of Skolkovo’s space technologies cluster, is set to create a 3D map showing heat leaks from buildings and heating systems in Moscow after winning the Open Innovation Marketplace competition , which laid down 10 industry challenges...
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...
The whole of the territory of the Skolkovo innovation centre is now covered by a wireless Internet of Things (IoT) network set up by STRIZH Telematika , a resident startup of the Skolkovo Foundation’s space and telecoms cluster. STRIZH Telematika's...
A California-based company has bought the rights to indoor navigation technology developed by Skolkovo resident SPIRIT Navigation . SPIRIT Group, of which the SPIRIT Navigation startup is part, said it had sold all the property rights to the technology to...
Earth observation is the main area of investment among space-related VCs right now, writes Valery Komissarov, a VC at the Skolkovo Foundation, in an article for VentureBeat.com . A chart showing investment in earth observation startups and other investment...