Warsaw. Blue Śląsko-Dąbrowski Bridge. Why?

Warsaw will celebrate a Pole's flight into space. On this occasion, the Śląsko-Dąbrowski Bridge will be highlighted in blue. Dr. Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski on Tuesday will start to the International Space Station as part of the Axiom-4 mission.

The illumination of the Śląsko-Dąbrowski Bridge will shine blue to commemorate the flight of the Polish astronaut of Dr. Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski into space.

– Blue has been chosen by astronaut, he is to refer to heaven – found out TVN24 reporter Hubert Kijek, who observes from Florida the countdown to the start of the space mission Axiom -4. The Crew Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 rocket will take the crew to an international space station on Tuesday.

A spokesman for the Municipal Road Administration Jakub Dybalski reported to our editorial office that blue illumination will appear on the crossing on Monday and Tuesday.

A second Pole in space – what will he do there?

On Tuesday, June 10, from the Space Center of John F. Kennedy on Cape Canaveral in Florida, the space mission Axiom-4 with Polish astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski is to start.

The participation of a Pole in this expedition is the result of a contract signed between the Ministry of Development and Technology and the European Space Agency to prepare and conduct the Polish Ignis scientific and technological mission at ISS.

The main goal of the Axiom-4 mission is to conduct a series of research in the field of engineering, medicine, biology and biotechnology. The Polish astronaut will spend two weeks in orbit. They will be busy: it will conduct a number of experiments that cannot be carried out in earthly conditions. Several periods have also been planned, during which the Polish astronaut will make connections with native amateur radio.

Uznański-Wiśniewski will lead shows in space that will be recorded and then used as part of the educational program. Classes will apply to, among others Newton's cradle in weightlessness (government of several contacting equal steel balls that can only fluctuations in one plane; the device illustrates the principle of momentum and energy) and the action of simple electrical systems (e.g. a telegraph key).

Dr. Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski will be the second Pole after Mirosław Hermaszewski in space and the first to reach the International Space Station.