Events

19 May – Space Game Day

🟦 Cosmic edition of the Grymaszenie series with the game Outer Wilds

Time: 18:00–20:00
Location: Building C-7, ul. Czarnowiejska 36, room 1.14
Together with the Groznawcze Koło Naukowe AGH and the Eduvrgamelab, we invite you to an event centered around Outer Wilds. This exploratory game is set in a closed planetary system where every planet is a puzzle and every minute is a chance to discover the laws of nature, gravity, and astronomical cycles. Sounds like a game? It’s actually an interactive textbook of physics, astronomy, and philosophy in one.

Discussion participants:
– Dr. Szymon Kukulak (Eduvrgamelab)
– Mikołaj Gąbka (AstroBio Student Association, AGH)
– Moderated by: Gerald Kapałka (Groznawcze Student Association, AGH)
Join the event: https://fb.me/e/2Qifz0YPw

🟦 Workshops for children and youth at Apteka Designu

Time: 9:00–12:00
Location: Apteka Designu, ul. Mikołaja Kopernika 19A
The UNIVERSEH Local Team invites primary school students for space-themed lessons:
9:00 – Cosmic minerals – Gabriela Opiła
10:00 – 3D printing in space exploration – Laura Ząbek
11:00 – Science in Fiction – analysis and film presentation – Oliwia Bugajska

🟦 Cosmic board games at HEX

Time: 17:00–22:00
Location: HEX Café-Bar, ul. Generała Józefa Dwernickiego 5
We’ve prepared two game tables and up to 25 space-themed board games. Invite your friends, come by, pick a title and join the crew. Beginners and experienced players – all are welcome!
Join the event: https://fb.me/e/6kTCYZv62

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20 May – Space Exploration Day

🟦 Presentations of student space associations for high school students + Open Day of the Faculty of Space Technology

Time: 9:00–12:45
Location: AGH Didactic Center, Building U-2, ul. Reymonta 7
Students from various associations will meet with high school students to talk about their projects and invite them to their labs. A great opportunity to see space technologies up close!

🟦 Debate: “All These Worlds… So Why Do We Need Space?”

Time: 13:00–14:00
Location: AGH Didactic Center, Building U-2, ul. Reymonta 7
Is space just the domain of scientists and sci-fi writers? Or perhaps the real future of humanity? This debate will combine science and literature perspectives in search of an answer to the question: why do we need space?
Organized in cooperation with the Polish Science Fiction Foundation.

Participants:
– Dr. Agata Rudolf – researcher at the AGH Faculty of Space Technology, expert in space biology and astrobiology
– Tomasz Barciński – Board Member of the Polish Foundation for Science Fiction, Head of the Satellite Mechatronics and Robotics Lab at CBK PAN
– Istvan Vizvary – writer, journalist, author of the award-winning novel Lagrange. Letters from Earth
– Michał Kłodawski – lawyer, author of the novel God Zero One, literary competition laureate of PFFN

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21 May – Space City Day

🟦 Space-themed city game

AGH UNIVERSEH Local Team invites you to a city game with a twist: it’s set on Earth, but the participants are aliens trying to understand human culture!

Time: 15:30–18:00
Location: AGH Building D-3, Faculty of Space Technology
Room will be sent by email after registration
Registration link

🟦 Gravity – film screening with expert commentary

Time: 19:00
Location: Kino Mikro, ul. Juliusza Lea 5
Tickets: https://kinomikro.pl/repertoire/83277.html?view=system
The film Gravity thrills with its visuals and tension – but how realistic is it? After the screening, join Dr. Paweł Janowski (Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH) for a dynamic presentation analyzing key scenes from the perspective of physics, astronomy and common sense.
Can you really jump between space stations by hand?
What happens to a body in a vacuum?
How do orbits work? Why is Sandra Bullock spinning like that?
And is there really “no gravity” in space?
Afterwards, feel free to stay for an informal Q&A – science and cinema have never been so close!

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🟦 21–23 May – Space Resources Conference

• An international scientific conference with experts from around the world.
• More info: spaceconf.org

 

The goal of Krakow Space Week is not only to educate and promote science, but also to build the city’s modern identity as a place open to the future, innovation, and space exploration. Each edition brings new formats and partnerships, creating a unique platform for all those who believe that space is not only about distant galaxies – it’s also about the “here and now.”

 

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