Yuzhnoye SDO participated in the city festival of science and engineering “Night of Science”, which took place in the evening on May 22 and was timed to coincide with the All-Ukrainian Day of Science.

The exposition was deployed in the open air on the square between the buildings of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Administration and Regional Council. The interactive sites of universities and research instituted were presented here, the visitors could take part in the master classes or listen to the interesting lectures in a lyceum.

In Yuzhnoye SDO’s exposition, the dummies of Zenit-2 and Zenit-3SL launch vehicles were presented.

During four hours, from 16.00 to 20.00, the young specialists of Yuzhnoye SDO were telling the citizens about the most advanced space technologies and developments of the company, conducting the interesting quizzes with prizes and the contest for the best quick drawing of rocket. Nikolay Pozdnyshev, the Head of Scientific-Production Council of Yuzhnoye SDO Young Specialists delivered the lecture “ The Present and Future of Space Rocket Engineering”, which was a great success with the audience.

The citizens of all ages – from children to pensioners – were among the visitors to Yuzhnoye SDO’s site. The students and schoolchildren especially actively participated in the contest and quizzes.

The festival “Night of Science” took place in Dnipro city for the second time now. 20 educational institutions took part in it. The purpose of the festival is popularization of science and assistance to the youth in choosing a profession.