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Polish astronaut officially assigned for space flight

18 August 2024 Kacper Kolibowski

On 5th August 2024, Axiom Space – a Houston-based US company, involved in the development of astronautical technologies and commercial space tourism – has published a press release disclosing its future space exploration plans and […]

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41 years since the first US female astronaut flew into space

23 June 2024 Kacper Kolibowski

18th June 2024 marked forty-one years since Sally Kristen Ride flew into space aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, thus becoming the first American woman in space. On 16th January 1978, NASA publicly announced names of […]

DREAMERS AND DOERS

63 years since the NASA Mercury-Redstone 3 mission – the story of America’s first astronaut

15 May 2024 Kacper Kolibowski

Tensions, which aroused between the United States and the Soviet Union after the Second World War, led to mutual economic and technological rivalry between both superpowers. Part of their competition was to conquer space by […]

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Poland is another step closer for sending its second man to space

12 September 2023 Kacper Kolibowski

At the end of 2022, we shared on our website the great news that Poland stood the chance to have its second spaceman in history. It all started in November that year, when Sławosz Uznański […]

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A great chance for Poland to have its second ever man in space

30 December 2022 Kacper Kolibowski

On 23rd November 2022, the European Space Agency – for the first time in thirteen years – selected a group of new candidates for astronauts. Their names were announced at the conclusion of the two-day […]

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Military Aviation

  • Two decades of Polish F-16 operations – A pillar of NATO’s eastern flank
    30 March 2026
  • 27 March 1994 – first flight of Eurofighter Typhoon
    26 March 2026
  • Operation Poker – the French nuclear raid exercise
    25 March 2026

Air Shows

  • Aviation Fair goes to Hradec Králové!
    2 February 2026
  • Heritage and modern capability – Tag der Bundeswehr 2025 at Internationales Hubschrauberausbildungszentrum in Bückeburg.
    7 January 2026
  • The spirit of flight returns to Pardubice – Aviatická pouť 2025
    30 October 2025

Space

  • 40th anniversary of the launch of Mir’s core module
    18 February 2026
  • 16 January 2003 – launch of STS-107, the final flight of Columbia
    15 January 2026
  • Beyond the Solar System – Pioneer 10 and 11
    10 November 2025

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    9 March 2026
  • Farewell to the Bonanza, the aircraft that changed the general aviation
    1 December 2025
  • African air carriers order Boeing 737 MAX airliners at the Dubai Airshow
    19 November 2025

Aviation History

  • 20 March 1922 – USS Langley was recommissioned
    19 March 2026
  • 6 March 1936 – Avro Anson enters the RAF service
    5 March 2026
  • 27 February 1965 – first flight of Antonov An-22
    26 February 2026

Other

  • DART AE – the hypersonic pioneer aircraft achieves first flight
    4 March 2026
  • Red Bull Train Landing Project – the world’s first landing and take-off with an aeroplane from a moving train
    25 February 2026
  • Human power transferred into lift force – the Peloton Takeoff Project
    17 December 2025
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