View of Earth as seen by ESA challenge astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski contained in the seven-windowed cupola, the Worldwide Area Station’s “window to the world”.
The European Area Company-built Cupola is the favorite place of many astronauts on the Worldwide Area Station. It serves not solely as a singular photograph spot, but in addition for observing robotic actions of the Canadian Area Company’s robotic arm Canadarm2, arriving spacecraft and spacewalks.
Sławosz was launched to the Worldwide Area Station on the Dragon spacecraft as a part of Axiom Mission 4 on 25 June 2025. The 20-day mission on board is called Ignis.
Through the Ignis mission, Sławosz performed 13 experiments proposed by Polish corporations and establishments and developed in collaboration with ESA, together with three extra ESA-led experiments. These coated a broad vary of areas together with human analysis, supplies science, biology, biotechnology and expertise demonstrations.
The Ax-4 mission marks the second business human spaceflight for an ESA challenge astronaut. Ignis was sponsored by the Polish authorities and supported by ESA, the Polish Ministry of Financial Growth and Know-how (MRiT) and the Polish Area Company (POLSA).
