On Monday afternoon, their capsule detached from the International Space Station’s docking port, then orbited the planet before re-entering the atmosphere and splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.
Uznański-Wiśniewski, only the second Pole in space, is expected back on Earth at around 11:30 a.m. Polish time (09:30 GMT) on Tuesday morning.
The astronaut’s work on the ISS focused on about a dozen experiments in technology, biology, medicine and psychology.
In his final message to Earth, the 41-year-old said he hoped his mission had achieved a lot for Poland and for Polish science and technology in particular.
To find out more, Michał Owczarek speaks to Maciej Krzyżanowski, PhD, CEO of CloudFerro - the largest company in Poland’s space sector specializing in cloud computing services - about how Uznański-Wiśniewski’s mission could drive scientific progress and support the growth of the Polish space industry.
CloudFerro - a leading Polish company providing cloud computing solutions for the space industry and scientific research sectors. Photo: CloudFerro press kit
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