In cooperation with other ministries, the Ministry of Transport has selected 14 experiments for the ISS to be controlled by Czech astronaut Aleš Svoboda. They range from physiology to demonstrators of new technologies and include activities for the general public as well. Although the experiments are mostly related to basic research, they will bring benefits for space and terrestrial applications. Some of them should reach the ISS before the Czech astronaut Aleš Svoboda starts his mission at the end of 2027 and others will fly on board with him.
The Tour d' Europe project aims to showcase the potential of decarbonising transport by using liquid renewable fuels or low-carbon, high-emission fuels. The Czech Petroleum Industry Association, invited, under the auspices of the Minister of Transport Martin Kupka, experts and representatives of the state administration and presented them in front of the entrance to the Ministry of Transport.
The Road Inspection (called INSID in Czech) will use new state-of-the-art vehicles for inspections. A total of 21 mobile expert units will be equipped with technologies that will enable more consistent control of violations of regulations on Czech roads and motorways, especially in freight transport. The new vehicles will be equipped with mobile weighting machines, DSRC units for remote data transmission from tachographs and solar panels for more efficient operation.
Drivers will no longer have to go to the office in person to get a new or renewed licence or driver's card. Everything can be handled via the Transport Portal and the document can be picked up at a distribution point or in a delivery box. This is made possible by an amendment to several road laws, as passed by senators. Other innovations include the so-called demand-based transport, rules for automated vehicles, the establishment of the Road Inspection (INSID) and the extension of the registration check to two years. The changes are still to be considered by the President of the Czech Republic.
Drivers can check their penalty points balance, collect driving licences and licence plates The transport portal now allows the use of digital powers of attorney. Based on the power of attorney, driver's penalty points account can be checked, data from the driver register read, the vehicle registration certificate or licence plates collected, a whole fleet of vehicles controlled or the vehicle owner changed. Digital submission of the application for a driver's card to the digital tachograph and a driving licence with professional competence is also extended.
30 March, Prague – A group of twenty-six most talented young space enthusiasts from across the Czech Republic finally embarked on their "space" journey after a hard six-month selection process. On 30 March, at the third terminal of Václav Havel Airport Prague, months of preparation for the Zero-G mission, one of the activities of the national programme Czech Journey to Space, turned into a real experience for young Czech cadets. They finally experienced during the weightless flight what only astronauts experience in orbit. This unique parabolic flight, the first of its kind with a Czech student crew, stands not only for the determination and curiosity of the young generation, but also the growing ambitions of the Czech Republic in the field of space research and technology.