Another possible date for the start of Uznański-Wiśniewski mission appeared

NASA, Axiom Spacex and Spacex are considering starting the AX-4 mission with Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski from Thursday, June 19-Axiom said in a communication organizing the mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

As reported in the company's announcement, the start from the NASA Kennedy Space Center center in Florida will take place “not earlier than Thursday, June 19”.

It has been added that SpaceX repaired the leakage of liquid oxygen in the Falcon 9 rocket, and after the last repairs in the Russian Zawizda module, which is part of the ISS, the pressure remains stable while it dropped earlier. Both of these problems were the reasons for previous decisions to cancel previously planned starts.

In its announcement, NASA said that stabilizing pressure in the Russian part ISS may mean that small leaks have been sealed. However, it was noted that “teams also take into account that stable pressure can be the result of a small amount of air flowing into the transfer tunnel by sealing the manhole from the main part of the space station.”

“The teams assess the condition of the transfer tunnel and the manhole sealing between the space station and the back of the animal,” added.

After repairing the oxygen leakage, the Falcon 9 rocket underwent a “wet general test”, i.e. the passage of all starting procedures with refueling.

According to NASA, the current window of starting mission is extended until June 30.

Start of flight – the fourth private mission at Axiom Space ISS – has already been postponed three times; The original date was to be May 29, the next – 8, 10 and 11 June. Astronauts – former Astronaut NASA Peggy Whitson (commander), pilot Shubhanshu Shukla from India and specialists scientists Sławosz Uznański -Wiśniewski and Tibor of Kapu from Hungary – will spend up to 14 days to ISS, performing about 60 scientific experiments, including 13 prepared by Polish scientists. Crew Dragon – the last created by Spacex – for which it will be the first flight into space will fly to the station.

Uznański-Wiśniewski will be the first Polish astronaut at an international space station.

From Washington Oskar Górzyński (PAP)

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