State Space Agency of Ukraine approved new personal composition of the Collegium, the Scientific and Technical Council and Presidium of the Scientific and Technical Council of State Space Agency. Director of the Institute, Corresponding Member of NAS of Ukraine Oleg Fedorov became a member of the Scientific and Technical Council of State Space Agency.

The working group on the development of the conceptual foundations of state policy and the preparation of proposals for the National Space Program of Ukraine was created according to the order of State Space Agency. Director of the Institute, Corresponding Member of NAS of Ukraine Oleg Fedorov and Deputy Chairman of the Space Research Council of NAS of Ukraine Yaroslav Yatskiv included to the group as a representatives from NAS of Ukraine.

Official Ukrainian translation of the «European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers. Recommendations of the European Commission from March 11, 2005» has been published -
http://h2020.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Book.pdf. The original document and more information can be found here
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/charter

Institute’s employee, Head of Department, prof. V. Yatsenko jointly with employees of Paton Electric Welding Institute of NASU received a patent for utility model No.113424 «Diffusion welding device for three-layer honeycomb panels». Honeycomb panel can be used in thermal protection system of spacecrafts.

A specialized academic council D 26.205.01 with the right to consideration and conduct the defense of thesis for the degree of Doctor (candidate) of technical, physical and mathematical sciences by specialty 05.07.12 «Remote aerospace research» for a period up to December 31, 2019 is established in the Space Research Institute of NASU-SSAU according to the order of Ministry of education and science of Ukraine from 13.03.2017 No. 374 «On approval the decisions of the Certifying Board of the Ministry on specialized academic councils performance from February 28, 2017».