As it was written, as part of the ongoing investigation, NASA cooperates with Roskosmos (Russian state corporation for space) – “In order to understand the new pressure signal, which appeared after recent repair works in the back of the Zawizda service module of the International Space Station“.
The communiqué announced that Russian cosmonauts staying at the space station recently carried out an inspection of the internal surface of the pressure module, sealed additional areas of doubt and measured the current level of leakage.
“After these activities, the segment currently maintains pressure. Postponing the mission Axiom Mission 4 gives NASA and Roskosmos an additional time to assess the situation and determine whether additional repair is necessary. NASA asks Roskosmos to answer detailed questions about the Zawizda module, “reads NASA.
This is not the first delay in space. Tried four times
The start of the AX-4 mission, under which the Polish astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski will fly to an international space station, was already postponed three times. Originally, Falcon 9 rocket flight, which is to take the dragon capsule with the mission crew to the orbit, It was planned for May 29, and then on June 8, 10 and 12.
The reasons for the delay were previously adverse weather – too high wind force in the upper atmosphere in the rocket flight corridor, problems with the Dragon capsule and fuel leakage – liquid oxygen (LOX) – from the first degree Falcon 9 rocket.
Not only Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski. Here is the composition of the entire flight crew into space
The AX-4 mission crew consists of: Peggy Whitson (USA)-commander, Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski (Poland/ESA)-specialist, Shubhanshu Shukla (India)-pilot and tibor kapu (Hungary)-specialist.
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. Dr. Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski will be the second Pole after Mirosław Hermaszewski in space.
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.
