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Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski – the second Pole in space and the first aboard the ISS

21 July 2025 Kacper Kolibowski

Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski flew to the International Space Station (ISS) within the Polish science mission Ignis, as European Space Agency (ESA) project astronaut. He worked as mission specialist participating in the private Ax-4 mission by Axiom […]

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More than three years in space – Oleg Kononenko and his spaceflight record

30 June 2025 Jacek Domański

At the end of June, Oleg Kononenko celebrated his 61st birthday. And this creates a perfect opportunity to mention the Russian cosmonaut and milestones in space exploration he achieved, breaking several records of most time […]

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NASA choses SpaceX to deorbit the ISS

5 July 2024 Kacper Kolibowski

Continuous scientific, educational and technological research in low Earth orbit, as well as deep space exploration, have been one of the main goals of NASA for decades. Currently, one of the key outposts of such […]

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New spaceflight record – more than 880 days in space

9 February 2024 Jacek Domański

On 4th February 2024, another milestone is space exploration was achieved. That very day, cosmonaut Oleg Dmitriyevich Kononenko (Олег Дмитриевич Кононенко), onboard of the International Space Station (ISS) broke the cumulative most-in-space record of 878.480 […]

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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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Space Station ´Mir´ – the symbol of Soviet supremacy in space, that reconciliated nations

21 March 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

Space stations… The very first attempt of mankind to create a space habitat. Our dream to establish an orbital station allowing humans to stay in space for a longer period of time began to take […]

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