Meteorite shower fell in Lublin Province
A meteorite shower fell in Lublin Province; 13 specimens have already been found and there is a chance to find more, said the president of the Polish Meteorite Society, Professor Tadeusz Przylibski. Studying meteorites can provide a lot of information about space, but it should be done as soon as possible.
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Polish computer LeopardISS to test data processing in orbit
Testing data processing in orbit is one of the experiments that astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski will conduct on the ISS. The LeopardISS computer from the Gliwice-based company KP Labs will be used for this purpose. According to its co-creator Dawid Lazaj, data processing in orbit is an intensively developing sector.
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Space sector experts call for procedures concerning incidents involving 'space junk'
The fall of the Falcon 9 rocket debris should be the basis for developing mechanisms that will enable an efficient and effective response to similar incidents in the future, the Polish Space Professionals Association (PSPA) states.
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Mission with participation of Polish astronaut to launch at the turn of June
The Polish technological and scientific mission to the International Space Station (ISS), with the participation of Polish astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, will take place at the turn of June this year and last 16 days, Jarosław Sulkowski from the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology informed the Sejm.
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Polish astronaut to take flag and pierogi to ISS
Astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, who will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) this year, will take a Polish flag and pierogi into space. During the conference preceding the Axiom-4 mission, he said that he wanted to show that space was for everyone.
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Instruments co-created by Polish scientists to study Earth's magnetosphere
Scientists and engineers preparing a set of instruments for the European Space Agency (ESA) to study the Earth's magnetosphere met in Warsaw. The advanced equipment will to fly into space on six small satellites.
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Space Research Centre PAS: Polish space instrument GLOWS now integrated with NASA satellite
GLOWS, the first research instrument for a NASA space mission designed and built entirely in Poland, has successfully passed tests and has been integrated with the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP), the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences reports. The mission is scheduled to launch in the second half of this year.
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Photo of Orion over Babia Góra selected NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day
"A photo of Orion over Babia Góra, taken by Włodzimierz Bubak, was selected as NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD). The photograph was captured on the night of the winter solstice."
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Expert: Space debris will fall to Earth
If someone suffers damage as a result of a space debris impact, the state should apply for compensation on their behalf, says Bartosz Malinowski, PhD, a space law expert from the Space Research Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He adds that space debris, e.g. fragments of rockets, will fall to Earth in the future.
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Scientists discover new class of cosmic X-ray sources
Astronomers working in an international team led by researchers from the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Warsaw have identified a new class of cosmic X-ray sources. The group of 29 objects was discovered by analysing over 20 years of data collected by the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) survey, led by astronomers from the University of Warsaw.
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