Space mail and traveller ants: schoolchildren propose cutting-edge projects for universe exploration

Russian schoolchildren are learning how space works not just in theory, but in practice. Their projects are becoming part of real interstellar missions. For example, Danila Solovey’s microbiome experiment has been to polar orbit. The young scientist is now studying the impact of an alien environment on the organisms living within it.

Who inspires these young talents to pursue scientific research? And what do these young researchers believe will bring humanity closer to interplanetary travel?

Find out in our report.

TV BRICS reporters: Yana Panferova, Aleksandra Duranovskaya

TV BRICS cameramen: Nikita Dmitrov, Aleksander Ermolaev

Translated and voiced by Artificial Intelligence.