Aleksandra Uznańska-Wiśniewska said goodbye before the launch of the IGNIS mission with her husband Sławomir. The Citizen Coalition MP brought the Polish flag with her. On social media, she besides posted a short video in which she wished Sławomih success and expressed her pride in his achievements. "We're all with you. Fly. And come back," she wrote under the recording.
Before the Ax-4 mission crew went to the IGNIS mission launch field on site John F. Kennedy Space Center The astronauts are here to say goodbye.
Farewell to space launch
She was there. Member of the Civic Coalition Aleksandra Uznańska-Wiśniewska, who is married to Polish astronaut Sławomir Uznański - Wiśniewski. She had a Polish flag in her hands.
For safety reasons, the matrimony could not get closer. Sławomir and another crew members were subject quarantine..and so the farewell was at a distance.
SEE: First words from outer space. Sławomir Uznański-Wiśniewski addressed Poles
The couple besides said goodbye before taking off on social media. Ko MP added a short video on platform X, in which she wished her husband luck. - We're there with you and we think of you all minute you're up there. We are all so arrogant of you, says Aleksandra Uznańska - Wiśniewska on the tape.
"Through the suit helmet, the last telephone is heard almost only 1 way. 'If you could, what would you tell him?' We're all with you. Fly. And come back" - wrote Aleksandra Uznańska - Wiśniewska.
Through the suit helmet, the last telephone you can hear is almost only 1 way. “If you could, what would you tell him?”
— Aleksandra Uznańska-Wiśniewska (@AK_Wisniewska) June 25, 2025
We're all with you.
Fly. And come back.
🎥: @Swaryczewski_@Axiom_Spacepic.twitter.com/oxPSdlkvbQ
Successful launch of Falcon 9 rocket
The Falcon 9 rocket with Sławomir Uznański-Wiśniewski took off at 8:31 p.m. There was a separation of degrees, and Booster returned to the surface. The second phase of the rocket was then detached, which besides returned and landed in a peculiar position.
SEE: A Pole flies to Space. Successful launch of Falcon 9 rocket
Sławomir Uznański-Wiśniewski spoke respective minutes after the start.- This mission will be the beginning of the era. For us and for future generations - he said.
Dragon capsule docks on the global Space Station on June 26 at around 1:00 p.m. Polish time.
SEE: Sławomir Uznański-Wiśniewski is going into space. IGNIS launches
As part of the Ax-4 mission outside of Sławomir Uznański-Wiśniewski besides flies: American Peggy Whitson (in command), pilot Shubhanshu Shukla from India and specialist scientist Tibor Kapu from Hungary.
Sławomir Uznański-Wiśniewski took with him respective objects symbolizing Poland and the most celebrated Poles. This is after, among others, the patch from the suit Mirosław Hermaszewski, souvenirs after Maria Sklodowska-Curie, map from the work Santa Copernicus "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium" ("On the rotations of the celestial spheres"), mazurka manuscript Frederick Chopin, 3 poems by Wisława Szymborska, a country from the regional costume of the Łódź Land from the Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw, Polish letters (a, ah, ah, etc.) printed in 3D and emblems, a lump of salt from Wieliczka and a part of Polish amber.
