On the 11 November, 2023 at The Regional Centre for the Developmont of Public Diplomacy and International Relations named after Yevgeniy M. Primakov hosted the “Open Laboratory” — an educational event to test scientific literacy.

The theme of the site was “Space”:

“Head of Lab” (presenter): Ruslan Pikalov, head of the laboratory of the Department of Theoretical Mechanics of the Institute of Aviation, Rocket and Space Technology, member of the Council of Young Scientists and Specialists of Samara University.

Participants had to answer dozens of entertaining questions and assignments, which helped test their natural science picture of the world. The quiz lasted two hours.

During this time the participants:

• listened to a fascinating lecture by Ruslan Pikalov on the topic “Current problems of astronautics and ways to solve them”;
• wrote “laboratory work”;
• found out their results;
• discussed each task in detail with the “Head of Lab”;
• visited the interactive exhibition space “Smart Butterfly House”

The “laboratory assistants” who scored the most points received prizes from the Alpina Non-Fiction publishing house, the Samara Space Museum and Exhibition Center and other partners of the event.