Kazakhstan plans to participate in creation of World Space Observatory ?Ultraviolet?

ASTANA. January 21. KAZINFORM. /Bauyrzhan Mukanov/ This year Kazakhstan plans to take part in creation of the World Space Observatory – Ultraviolet. Chairman of the National Space Agency of Kazakhstan Talgat Mussabayev has made it public at the sitting of the board today.

In 2007 Federal Space Agency of Russia and Center for the Development of Industrial Technology of Spain signed agreement on cooperation in the sphere of astrophysical research within the project of the World Space Observatory ? Ultraviolet. The two sides plan to create space observatory for holding exploration at UV band, including exploration of most intriguing items of Universe evolution, nature of accretion processes in the Universe, formation and evolution of Sun-like stars and their planetary disks, chemical composition of atmospheres of the Solar system planets as well as those of extra-solar planetary systems.