The start is to take place around 8.30 local time (at 14.30 in Poland).
This is the second change in the mission start date. Originally, the start was to take place on May 29, and it was postponed to June 8.
AX-4 will be the fourth commercial manned expedition carried out by Axiom Space. The participation of a Pole in this mission is the result of a contract signed between the Ministry of Development and Technology and ESA for the preparation and conduct of the Polish scientific and technological mission Ignis on the ISS. The Polish Space Agency (Polsa) also participates in the preparations.
The AX-4 mission consists of: Peggy Whitson (USA)-commander; Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski (Poland/ESA)-specialist; Shubhanshu Shukla (India) – pilot and tibor kapu (Hungary) – specialist. Astronauts are to spend 14 days at the station.
Dr. Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski will be the second Pole in space-after Mirosław Hermaszewski.
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