Section Chairs 

V.K. Sysoev — Chief Specialist, Lavochkin Association, Doctor of Technical Sciences 

A.A. Moisheev — Chief Research Scientist, Lavochkin Association, Candidate of Technical Sciences 

Scientific Secretaries 

A.E. Shakhanov — Chief Designer for the Deep Space Programme, Lavochkin Association, Candidate of Technical Sciences 

E.V. Leun — Lead Engineer, Lavochkin Association, Candidate of Technical Sciences

Section Description
The section covers all modern scientific and technical aspects and areas related to new concepts, projects, approaches, design, construction, testing, and calculations of new promising unmanned spacecraft for planetary and astrophysical research.

Key Topics
Key topics are related to the design, design review, testing, and calculations of unmanned spacecraft for planetary and astrophysical research.

Participating Organizations
JSC NPO Lavochkin, RSC Energia, MAI, Bauman Moscow State Technical University. N.E. Bauman Moscow State University, Faculty of Space Research of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Omsk State Technical University, JSC Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, Special Design and Technology Bureau for Applied Robotics (SKTB PR), Tsiolkovsky Russian Academy of Cosmonautics (RAC)