Society for Studies of Interplanetary Travel

The Society for Studies of Interplanetary Travel (OIMS, {{langx|ru|Общество изучения межпланетных сообщений}}) was founded in Moscow in May 1924, as a spin-off from a military science society at the Zhukovsky Airforce Academy. Chaired by Grigory Kramarov, it counted 200 charter members, including prominent Soviet experts in space-exploration and rocketry such as Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Fridrikh Tsander, and Vladimir Vetchinkin. The society facilitated discussions among engineers and educators on space travel and organized public educational events.Kosmonavtika Entsiklopediya, V.P Glushko (ed.), 1986, page 273

OIMS hosted a famous public debate on October 4, 1924, to discuss Robert Goddard's proposal to launch a rocket to the Moon.From the History of Early Soviet Liquid-Propellant Rockets, M.K. Tikhonravov, AAS History Series, Vol 6, 1968.

The society lasted for only about one year.