Tusk hailed Uznański-Wiśniewski's arrival at the International Space Station—alongside three other international members of the Axiom-4 crew—as "a giant leap for Poland."
Uznański-Wiśniewski became the first Polish astronaut to board the orbiting laboratory after a nearly 30-hour journey aboard SpaceX’s Dragon capsule from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
"Space unites us—we are here together, we are strong, we are building our future," Uznański-Wiśniewski said during a live broadcast from the station.
The Axiom-4 crew, which also includes astronauts from the United States, Hungary and India, was welcomed aboard the ISS after docking on Thursday.
The mission, focused on scientific research in microgravity, is expected to last two to three weeks.
Uznański-Wiśniewski is the second Pole in space after Mirosław Hermaszewski in 1978, but his stay aboard the ISS marks a historic first for his country.
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Source: X/@donaldtusk/Axiom Space
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