Expert on ISS ending: Lack of permanent human presence in space is a big step back
The end of the life of the International Space Station (ISS), which will operate until 2030, is approaching. NASA assumes that private companies will take over the tasks of the ISS. However, according to Jarosław Juszkiewicz from the Planetarium - Silesian Science Park, the lack of permanent human presence in space is a big step back.
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EU Space Days 2025/ New system to warn of thre
Although technologies such as Alert RCB are already effective tools for warning the population, the mobile networks they rely on can themselves be destroyed in the event of a disaster. During the EU Space Days in Gdańsk, experts presented a new, resistant and fast satellite technology based on the Galileo system.
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Expert: Polish telescope to fly to moon's orbit next year
A telescope designed and built in Poland will fly to the orbit of the moon next year, says Oskar Zdunek from Scanway. The company is working on this instrument.
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Ireneusz Nowak's photograph selected NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day
Polish astrophotographer Ireneusz Nowak has been named the author of NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day. His photograph shows a fragment of the Milky Way and the Zeta and Rho Ophiuchi nebulae. The picture was taken in the Republic of South Africa.
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Polish photographer selected Milky Way Photographer of the Year 2025
Astrophotographer Marcin Rosadziński received the title of the 2025 Milky Way photographer of the year. His photograph of the Milky Way above a rocky peak in Madeira was rated the highest among over 6,000 photos submitted from all over the world.
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Space chameleon: Distant galaxy surprises astronomers
An international team of scientists has made a surprising discovery. The blazar BL Lacertae - a galaxy 900 million light years away from Earth - does not fit into any category of this type of object and quickly 'jumps' from one to another, says Alicja Wierzcholska, PhD, from the Polish Academy of Sciences.
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Mission of analogue astronauts in Piła mirrors Ax-4 mission
While the crew of the Ax-4 space mission stays on the International Space Station, 400 km below, analogue astronauts will take part in a mirror mission in the LunAres Habitat in Piła. This is part of a study of the impact of space isolation on human mental well-being.
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Polish scientists to test space excavator in conditions imitating those on Moon
Scientists will test a space excavator for extracting lunar regolith. Tests in parabolic flight conditions - imitating the conditions of lunar gravity, without the influence of Earth's gravity - are scheduled for November.
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IGNIS mission to test data processing in orbit and possibility of 'connecting' many applications
Data processing in orbit and the possibility of 'connecting' many applications are the main assumptions of the 'LeopardISS' experiment. The brain of the entire system is a compact data processing unit measuring approx. 10x10x10 cm, which has already arrived at the ISS and is now waiting for the crew of the Polish mission.
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Ax-4 mission with Polish astronaut to launch May 29
The launch of the Ax-4 mission with the Polish astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski to the International Space Station (ISS) will take place on May 29, Axiom Space announced last week. The astronauts will conduct research related to topics such as the impact of microgravity on the human body, Earth observation and fuels of the future.
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