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2ND STARMUS FESTIVAL TO TAKE PLACE IN TENERIFE UPON ARMENIAN SCIENTIST'S INITIATIVE
Monday 24 March 2014 15:15
Photo: http://scientificrussia.ru/
Garik Israyelyan
Yerevan /Mediamax/. Upon the initiative of Armenian astrophysicist
Garik Israyelyan, the 2nd STARMUS Science Festival will be held on
the Canary Islands on September 22-27, 2014.
The first STARMUS International Festival was held on the Tenerife
Island in 2011. It was dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Yuri
Gagarin's flight to the universe and it became a bright science
and music event. In 2011 STARMUS hosted world-famous scientists,
Nobel Prize winners and world-known spacemen such as Neil Armstrong,
Richard Dawkins, Alexei Leonov, Vladimir Krikalev and many others.
Within the Festival, Queen guitarist Brian May and Tangerine Dream
gave a joint concert.
The website of "Nauchnaya Rossia" reads that head of Moscow State
University Victor Sadovnichiy and President of the Government of Canary
Islands Paulino Rivero signed a cooperation agreement between Moscow
State University and Institute of Astrophysics on Canary Islands last
week. The signing ceremony was held within the event devoted to the
presentation of the 2nd STARMUS Festival.
Garik Israyelyan and legendary spaceman, twice Hero of the Soviet
Union Alexei Leonov who took part in 2011 Festival made speeches at
the presentation
You can find more detailed information on the festival at:
http://www.starmus.com/.
http://www.mediamax.am/en/news/society/9611/
Monday 24 March 2014 15:15
Photo: http://scientificrussia.ru/
Garik Israyelyan
Yerevan /Mediamax/. Upon the initiative of Armenian astrophysicist
Garik Israyelyan, the 2nd STARMUS Science Festival will be held on
the Canary Islands on September 22-27, 2014.
The first STARMUS International Festival was held on the Tenerife
Island in 2011. It was dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Yuri
Gagarin's flight to the universe and it became a bright science
and music event. In 2011 STARMUS hosted world-famous scientists,
Nobel Prize winners and world-known spacemen such as Neil Armstrong,
Richard Dawkins, Alexei Leonov, Vladimir Krikalev and many others.
Within the Festival, Queen guitarist Brian May and Tangerine Dream
gave a joint concert.
The website of "Nauchnaya Rossia" reads that head of Moscow State
University Victor Sadovnichiy and President of the Government of Canary
Islands Paulino Rivero signed a cooperation agreement between Moscow
State University and Institute of Astrophysics on Canary Islands last
week. The signing ceremony was held within the event devoted to the
presentation of the 2nd STARMUS Festival.
Garik Israyelyan and legendary spaceman, twice Hero of the Soviet
Union Alexei Leonov who took part in 2011 Festival made speeches at
the presentation
You can find more detailed information on the festival at:
http://www.starmus.com/.
http://www.mediamax.am/en/news/society/9611/