Sławosz Uznański
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European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) European Space Agency |
Sławosz Uznański (Polish: [ˈswavɔʂ uzˈnaɲskʲi]; born 12 April 1984 in Łódź) is a Polish engineer working at European Space Agency (ESA) as project astronaut since 2023 and formerly at CERN.
Early life and education
Uznański was born and raised in Łódź, where he attended the
Career
During his doctorate, he worked at STMicroelectronics manufacturing facility in Crolles, France.
In 2011, he joined the
In 2019, he was a technical expert and reviewer for
In November 2022, he was announced as a reserve astronaut by the European Astronaut Corps for the 2022 European Space Agency Astronaut Group.[3]
In August 2023, Polish Development and Technology Minister, Waldemar Buda, announced that a Polish astronaut would fly to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2024, adding that if the mission goes ahead Poland will submit the candidature of Uznański which will have to be approved by ESA and American company Axiom Space. If Uznański is accepted, he will become the second Pole to go into space after Mirosław Hermaszewski in 1978.[4]
He joined ESA to undergo his training for the mission on 1 September 2023.[5]
References
- ^ "ESA - Sławosz Uznański". European Space Agency. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
- ^ "Sławosz Uznański biografia - POLSA - Polska Agencja Kosmiczna". Polish Space Agency. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
- ^ Paola Catapano (2022-11-25). "From CERN to space: staff member selected to join the ESA 2022 astronaut class". CERN. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
- ^ "Polish astronaut to become second ever Polish citizen to go into space". thefirstnews.com. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ "Sławosz Uznański from Poland to train as a project astronaut at the European Astronaut Centre". European Space Agency. 2023-09-07. Retrieved 2023-09-07.