The corresponding message is published on the website of the company.

“The Director General of the Roscosmos State Corporation, Dmitry Rogozin, and all employees of the rocket and space industry express condolences to relatives, friends and colleagues of Nikolai Semenovich. Eternal memory! ”- said in a statement.

Nikolai Kardashev died on August 3 at the age of 87.

In 1964, the scientist developed a scale of the level of development of civilizations, named after him.