Scientific Research Institute of Space Technologies is to be set up under cooperation between the Skolkovo fund and Rocket and Space Corporation Energia. The agreement to that effect has been signed at the international aviation and space salon MAKS-2011 in the town of Zhukovsky, Moscow region.
Rocket and Space Corporation Energia is a legendary Russian manufacturer of spacecraft and space station components. It was founded in 1946 as Special Design Bureau N 1 by the leading Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer Sergey Korolev. The Corporation in particular developed the first artificial satellite Sputnik 1, unmanned stations launched to the Moon, Venus and Mars.
