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Video: Ignis mission ready for lift-off

Video: Ignis mission ready for lift-off
Credit: European Space Agency

ESA project astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski is heading to the International Space Station on his first mission as part of Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4). He is the second ESA project astronaut from a new generation of Europeans to fly on a commercial human spaceflight mission with Axiom Space.

Sponsored by the Polish government and supported by ESA, the Polish Ministry of Economic Development and Technology (MRiT), and the Polish Space Agency (POLSA), the mission called Ignis features an ambitious technological and scientific program. It includes several experiments proposed by the Polish space industry and developed in cooperation with ESA, along with additional ESA-led experiments.

Follow Sławosz's journey on the and discover more about the next mission patch to be hung on the walls of the Columbus Control Center.

Credit: European Space Agency

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