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\t\t\t\t\t\t09\/06\/2025<\/span> The mission will launch from Launch Complex 39A at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. The crew will travel to the Space Station aboard a \u00a0Dragon spacecraft, launched on a Falcon 9 rocket.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n During the journey to the International Space Station, S\u0142awosz will serve as a mission specialist. He will be joined by commander Peggy Whitson (USA), pilot Shubhanshu Shukla (India) and fellow mission specialist Tibor Kapu (Hungary).\u00a0<\/p>\n Ax-4 marks the second commercial human spaceflight mission for an ESA project astronaut. 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 features an ambitious programme of technological and scientific research.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n During the Ignis mission, S\u0142awosz will conduct 13 experiments proposed by Polish companies and institutions and developed in collaboration with ESA, along with three additional ESA-led experiments. These cover a broad range of areas including human research, materials science, biology, biotechnology and technology demonstration.\u00a0<\/p>\n S\u0142awosz and his crewmates are expected to reach the International Space Station approximately 36 hours after launch.<\/p>\n Live coverage will begin two hours before docking. You can also watch the crew entering the station and the welcome ceremony live on ESA Web TV and on ESA\u2019s YouTube channel.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n The\u202fIgnis mission\u202fwill officially begin as soon as S\u0142awosz goes through the hatch.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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