The Institute of Technical Mechanics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the State Space Agency of Ukraine is a state-owned, non-profit, scientific institution run by the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and is a part of the Department of Mechanics of the NASU. The Institute is established and operates with the purpose of: obtaining and using new knowledge in various fields of technology, in particular, in the aerospace industry; training of scientific personnel for scientific and technical activity; introduction of scientific achievements into production; studying and generalizing the achievements of world science and promoting their use in the aerospace industry and other industries of Ukraine; promotion of scientific and technological progress and innovative development of the country.