A second Pole in space. AX-4 mission with Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski

The start of the AX-4 mission is underway. The crew with the Pole Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski successfully started into space.

There has already been a correct separation of 1 degree Falcon 9.

During the broadcast, which Axiom Space conducts on social networks, the Chief Integration Engineer of SpaceX John Instcker announced that on Cape Canaveral, from The Falcon 9 rocket will take the Dragon capsule with the AX-4 mission crew to orbitthe weather “looks great” along the starting corridor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF2SXOVSR1K

The expert pointed out that the control of Falcon 9 rocket engines on the 39a Platform of the Kennedy Space Center was carried out several hours before the start, and the pressure in the fuel tanks was leveled about 6.5 hours before the start.

The Falcon 9 rocket belonging to the SpaceX company is to amount to Dragon capsule with members of the AX-4 mission from the 39a start complex at the Space Center. Kennedy NASA on Cape Canaveral in Florida. Astronauts are to reach the ISS at about 13 Polish time on Thursday.

The crew of 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. Dr. Uznański-Wiśniewski will be the second Pole after Mirosław Hermaszewski in space and the first at ISS.

This is the fourth commercial crew expedition carried out by the American company Axiom Space. The participation of a Pole in it is the result of a contract signed by the Ministry of Development and Technology and the European Space Agency for the preparation and conduct of the Polish Ignis technological and scientific mission at ISS. The Polish Space Agency (Polsa) also participates in the preparations. 13 experiments and technologies of Polish scientists and companies will be taken to the ISS.

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