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poland can into space

>Axiom Space said Aug. 9 it signed an agreement with Poland, in cooperation with ESA, to fly an astronaut from that nation on a future mission to the ISS.
>The most likely candidate for the flight is Sławosz Uznański, who was selected as a reserve astronaut by ESA last November and is the only Polish member of ESA’s astronaut corps. He was among 11 people ESA picked as reserve astronauts, who will not join the astronaut corps on a full-time basis but be available for selected flight opportunities.
>Another reserve astronaut, Marcus Wandt, was selected in June to fly on another Axiom Space mission to the ISS through an agreement involving Axiom, ESA and the Swedish National Space Agency first announced in April. Wandt is expected to fly on Axiom’s Ax-3 mission to the ISS in early 2024.
https://spacenews.com/poland-signs-agreement-to-fly-astronaut-on-axiom-space-iss-mission/