The Polish technology and scientific mission to the International Space Station (ISS) with the participation of the Polish astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski will take place at the turn of May and June this year. And it will last 16 days – Andrzej Piątkowski from the Polish Space Agency (Polsa) said in the Sejm on Thursday.
Polish accents in space
Piątkowski in the Sejm emphasized that the astronaut would take with him to orbit elements “with special symbolism and importance for Poland”. These are Polish flags, including the patch from the suit Mirosław Hermaszewski, souvenirs of Maria Skłodowska-Curie, map from the work of Nicolaus Copernicus “de Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium” (“On the rotation of heavenly spheres”), a lump of salt from Wieliczka and a piece of Polish amber.
The manuscript of Mazurka Fryderyk Chopin, three poems by Wisława Szymborska, a country from the regional costume of the Lodz region from the Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw, Polish letters (ą, ć, ę, ę, etc.) printed in 3 D and emblems and a mission poster and a mission poster and poster and poster of the mission.
A Pole in space is a strategic move for Poland
As the deputy head of the Ministry of Development and Technology, Michał Jaros, the development of the space industry and the mission in which Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski will take part, is a strategic project. “It will open the way for the Polish economy and companies that will be able to develop in connection with this mission,” said the deputy minister during the meeting of the Sejm permanent subcommittee on the Polish defense industry and the technical modernization of the Polish Armed Forces.
From the MRIT point of view, the most important element of the mission are technological and scientific experiments that Uznański-Wiśniewski will work on ISS. Our astronaut will also lead in space shows 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).
President of Polsa Grzegorz Wrochna reminded that in Poland there are about 500 companies and research centers related to the space industry, and over 12,000 are employed in them. people. Polish companies participate in 11 out of 24 ESA missions.
Prof. Wrochna talked about individual experiments that Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski would lead to ISS. Among the 13 experiments include Stability of nanomaterials in space, testing space radiation detectors or the use of microorganisms to maintain other forms of life in space.
The Polish astronaut will perform the most experiments
Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, present at the meeting of the subcommittee, who, together with three other astronauts, will fly to the orbit as part of the Axiom-4 mission, said that the Polish mission is a great opportunity for technological development and existence on the space market. “It is a market that develops incredibly rapidly. The estimation is such that in the next decade the value of the space market will double and will be more or less as high as twice Polish GDP” – he added.
He noted that his graphic artist in orbit will be very tight. “I am a person who has the most experiments provided during the AX -4 mission. But I will sleep eight hours a day” – assured the astronaut. He emphasized that mission participants would work together to conduct all national experiments.
Uznański-Wiśniewski said that each of the astronauts who flies on the long-term mission at ISS has their own cabin, but for the participants of AX-4 they have not been prepared.
“I am lucky that in our European laboratory at a space station, which is called Columbus, part of the electronic wardrobe has been converted into a temporary cabin, in which I will be able to attach to the sleeping bag,” he described.
He added that the kapu tibor (Hungarian astronaut) will sleep pinned “to some electronic wardrobe”, and the commandant Peggy Whitson (American) has at his disposal the air mucus, which astronauts use, going into space. The pilot Shubhanshu Shukli (India) will be served by the Dragon capsule – the one that the AX -4 crew will arrive at the ISS. (PAP)
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