On October 14, at 2:30 pm we have a presentation by Dr. Rosaly Lopes, a planetary geologist and volcanologist. The meeting will also be attended by mass media and representatives of the U.S. Consulate.

In the framework of the Space Week we will have the meeting at Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute with Dr. Shannon Walker, a NASA astronaut, on October 3, at 2 pm.

On August 9, at 11:00 a.m., we have a seminar where prof. Shih-Ping Lai from the National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan) will give a talk titled "Fortune telling with Astrochemistry: How efficient the Universe produces stars?"

The NUTTelA-TAO, a joint project of the Energetic Cosmos Laboratory (Nazarbayev University), Space Sciences Laboratory (UC, Berkely) and Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute, has entered the regime of remote control using satellite communication channel.

Все желающие приглашаются на встречу, посвященную международному Дню астероида и организованную нашим институтом 15 июня в Большом зале механико-математического факультета КазНУ.

On April, 17 we have a scientific counsel meeting, where Ahunov T.A. of the National university of Uzbekistan will give a talk "The CCD-photometry of selected gravitationally lensed quasars and cases of wide fields". The talk is delivered in the framework of the dissertation seeking the degree of Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (specialty 01.03.01 - Astronomy).

The largest telescope in Kazakhstan - the 1.5-m telescope at Assy-Turgen Observatory - has undergone a major upgrade. A 4-lens quartz field corrector with the diameter of 280 mm has been installed.