When is a Pole's flight into space?
The Indian space agency ISRO said that the new, planned start date of the AX-4 mission: June 19, 2025 Earlier, the start of the Falcon 9 rocket with the Pole Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski was translated several times. First due to bad weather conditions, then a liquid leakage oxygen in the rocket and through the uncertain pressure situation in the Russian Zvezda service module at the international space station.
Good information for Poles
The validity of the starting certificates of Axiom Space will pass on June 22, so it was feared that the start would not take place at all. If it was not possible to carry out the mission in this “window” start could be postponed even to the next autumn. However, everything indicates that flight It will take place next Thursday, i.e. in Corpus Christi. This is good information for Poles not only because flight falls on a day off from work. “This start date It will provide us with fantastic views of the ISS during night flights over our country” – announces Karol Wójcicki, author of the blog” With head in the stars “.
The problems were dealt with
“During the next coordination meeting between ISRO, Axiom Spacex, it was confirmed that Liquid oxygen leakage in the Falcon 9 rocket has been successfully solved” – ISRO informed.” In a separate announcement, Axiom Space announced that it works closely with NASA to assess the pressure anomalies in the Zvezda service module on board the international space station ” – we read.
An important mission next week
In the composition of the Axiom -4 mission crew – in addition to the Pole – there are American Peggy Whitson, Shubhanshu Shukla from India and Tibor kapu with Hungarian. Astronauts are to spend 14 days to the ISS. The AX-4 mission is the fourth commercial crew expedition Axiom Space. Its main goal is to conduct research at an international space station. A party is responsible for 13 experiments Poland. Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski will be the second Pole in space after Mirosław Hermaszewski.
Sources: IAR, ISRO