Dear colleagues! Dear friends!
Today, our country celebrates the Cosmonautics Day. The date April 12, 1961 was the beginning of a new space era, a symbol of the realization of the dream of mastering near-Earth space, evidence of the triumph of bold ideas, as well as the triumph of the achievements of Soviet and Russian science and technology. This is a special day for all people working nowadays in the space industry. This is a holiday which connects the past, present and future of the people of Earth. Cosmonautics Day reminds us that Russia will be a great world space power!
May the accomplishments of the space explorers be an example of true patriotism and devotion to work for us. We sincerely wish the realization of the most ambitious plans, new victories, peace and quiet to everyone who is working in such a complex, knowledge-intensive, but vital sphere, to everyone who, through their work, research, and study, contributes to strengthening the country's space industry!

Director of FRC KSC SB RAS, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Nikita Valentinovich Volkov
Scientific Supervisor of the FRC KSC SB RAS, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vasily Philippovich Shabanov