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Polish company to build satellite for Oman

A preliminary agreement between SatRevolution and Oman was signed a few days ago. "Within 30 days, we have to present proposals to specialists from the University of Muscat and then together determine the final path in which the satellite is to travel," said the SatRevolution CEO. Jakub Kamiński/PAP

SatRevolution, a Polish company based in Wroclaw, southwestern Poland, has been commissioned by Oman to design and build a satellite that will travel to, for example, the Moon, Mars or Venus, SatRevolution CEO Grzegorz Zwolinski told PAP.

Wrocław woman records the ‘silent witnesses of untold stories’ with her haunting pics of abandoned sofas

Taken in a variety of locations, the images show sofas in varying states of disrepair, all united by their apparent lack of love.

Palaeontologists reconstructing skeleton of rare prehistoric rhino reveal it was saved ‘by a whisker’ after builders wanted to THROW it away

Initially believed to have been an example of a woolly rhinoceros, closer inspection by experts from the University of Wrocław revealed it was a specimen of the much rarer Stephanorhinus or Merck’s rhinoceros. The palaeontologists came to the rescue after the builders, saying they were going to dump the bones, went to watch a football match.

Is 10 year hunt for missing WWII airmen finally over? Wrocław University teams up with US govt. after remains found at American bomber crash site

In 2019, specialists managed to locate the crash site of the WWII US Airforce Flying Fortress in Jordanów Śląski where they have now discovered human remains thought to belong to the aircrew.

‘Poland trip was best two weeks of my life:’ So, why exactly was Pablo Picasso in post-war Poland?

Originally intended as just a three-day visit, the Spanish artist instead embarked upon a mini tour of the country lasting two weeks.

Ta-da! Lublin building becomes world’s first to be clad in perovskite ‘sun-breaker’ panels

A building in Lublin has become the first in the world to install an innovative photovoltaic installation made entirely from solar panels using pioneering perovskite technology.

Two war-lost watercolours return to Wroclaw museum

Two watercolours lost during the war, one a self-portrait of artist Joseph Kalter and the other a portrait of his wife, Amalia Kalter, have been recovered by Polish authorities and are to be returned to the National Museum in Wroclaw, southwestern Poland.

Google Earth technology reveals fascinating ‘now-and-then’ views of Poland

GALLERY: The birds-eye view into the past is available through the desktop version of Google Earth, with maps of Warsaw from 1935 as well as Gdańsk and Wrocław from 1943.

Back on track: Train buffs raise cash to restore ‘protest train at heart of June 1976 strikes’

A silent witness to the violent protests that took place on June 25 as workers took to the streets to demand an end to price increases, the EPO5-22 became caught up in the scuffles when strikers pushed it with their bare hands onto a section of dismantled track.

Wrocław technology scans your EYES to make contactless payments

The ‘eye-catching’ payment method from fintech firm PayEye uses a digitally scanned image of the iris which is then converted into a special code to authorize the payment.

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Postcard showing side-burned sailor is named Gdańsk’s oldest – but experts baffled by series of ‘mysteries’

Sent on February 29th, 1888, the postcard depicts a side-burned sailor puffing on a pipe, as well as the iconic crane building standing on the city’s quayside. The postcard’s recipient was a company director called Berhard Lahs who lived in the Silesian town now known as Kamieniec Ząbkowicki.

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Four tonnes of Nazi gold found in buried 18th century palace canister, say WWII treasure hunters

Measuring between 1.3 to 1.5 metres long and 50cm in depth, the cylindrical metal canister was found in the conservatory of an 18th century palace used by Hitler’s SS as a brothel.

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