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Andreas Mogensen
Mogensen in 2020
Born(1976-11-02)2 November 1976(age 47)[1]
Copenhagen,Denmark
StatusActive
NationalityDanish
Other namesAndreas Enevold Mogensen, Andy Mogensen
Alma materImperial College London(MEng)
UT Austin(PhD)
OccupationAerospace engineer
Space career
ESAastronaut
Time in space
208 days, 22 hours and 34 minutes
Selection2009 ESA Group
MissionsSoyuz TMA-18M/Soyuz TMA-16M,SpaceX Crew-7(Expedition 69/70)
Mission insignia
Websiteandreasmogensen.esa.int

Andreas Enevold "Andy" Mogensen(born 2 November 1976) is a Danish engineer andESAastronautwho is best known for being the first Dane to fly in space as part of the European Space Agency's Iriss program.[2]Mogensen has also been involved in a number of other space-related projects throughout his career, including working as atest engineerforESTECand as a member of theEuropean Astronaut Corps.In addition to his work with ESA, he has also worked withNASAand other international space agencies. Mogensen returned to space in August 2023 for his second spaceflight to theISSonboardSpaceX Crew Dragonas the first non-American to serve as a pilot.

Education and early career[edit]

He was born inCopenhagen.Mogensen attended primary school atRygaards International SchoolinHellerup,where he graduated in 1992.[3]He received anInternational BaccalaureatefromCopenhagen International Schoolin 1995.[4]He then went to theImperial College Londonwhere he obtained anMEngdegree inAeronautical Engineeringin 1999. Between 2001 and 2003 he worked as an engineer in theR&Ddepartment ofVestas Wind Systemsin Denmark. Subsequently, Mogensen earned aPhDdegree inAerospace Engineeringat theUniversity of Texas at Austinin 2007. Furthermore, as part of his studies, he spent a semester at theInstituto Superior Técnico-University of Lisbonin Lisbon, Portugal.[5]Mogensen worked in Germany as an altitude and orbit control system and guidance, navigation & control engineer for HE Space Operations associated with theSWARM mission.He furthermore worked as a contractor forEADS Astriumin Portugal at the Institute for Systems and Robotics. In addition, he stayed in a large number of other countries, including Thailand, Singapore, England, Portugal, Congo and the United States. His position when he was selected by ESA was Aerospace Engineering atSurrey Space Centre,University of Surrey.

Space career[edit]

In ESA[edit]

Mogensen was selected to become the first Danish astronaut by theEuropean Space Agencyin May 2009. He completed initial training and became a member of theEuropean Astronaut Corpsin November 2010.

In 2013, Mogensen served as cavenaut into theESA CAVES[6]training inSardinia,alongsideDavid Saint-Jaques,Soichi Noguchi,Nikolai Tikhonov,Andrew FeustelandMichael Fincke.

On 10 June 2014, NASA announced that Mogensen would serve as anaquanautaboard theAquariusunderwater laboratoryduring theNEEMO 19undersea exploration mission, which began on 7 September 2014 and lasted seven days.[7][8]

Between September and November 2021, Mogensen participated in the fourth edition ofESA PANGAEAtraining program.[9]Together with the NASA astronautKathleen Rubins,Mogensen went to the Italian Dolomites, to the Ries Crater in Germany and the volcanic landscapes of Lanzarote, Spain.[10]ESA's Pangaea program prepares astronauts and space engineers to identify planetary geological features for future missions to the Moon, Mars and asteroids.[11]

Mogensen (second from right) duringNEEMO 19

Iriss[edit]

Mogensen's mission to the ISS was called "Iriss". The mission name was chosen from suggestions received from across Europe. "Iriss" had two logos, one to highlight the overall mission and one for the educational outreach activities.

Mogensen exercising in the Destiny Laboratory

On 2 September 2015, Mogensen launched withSoyuz TMA-18Mto ISS and landed withSoyuz TMA-16Mten days later. He was travelling with another visiting flight engineer,Aidyn Aimbetov.Among the items Andreas brought along wereLEGOfigures[12]and a poster forCopenhagen Suborbitals.[13]

Because of the short mission duration, Mogensen worked up to 9.5-hour days instead of the 8-hour workdays that are normal on the station.[14]His missions included remote control of a robot on Earth,[15]and filmingRed Sprites and Blue Jetslightnings above thunderclouds,[16]directed from Earth.[17]He also tried a new kind of Skinsuit to alleviate back-pain astronauts feel due to the lengthening of their spine and used augmented reality goggles during his maintenance tasks.[14]

Mogensen left the station on 11 September 2015.Sergey Volkovwas the ascent pilot (TMA-18M) andGennady Padalkawas the descent pilot (TMA-16M).[18]The crew landed at 00:51 UTC on 12 September 2015, just over three hours after departing the ISS.

Mogensen received theDanish Royal Medal of Recompensefor his efforts.[19]

Huginn[edit]

In March 2022, he was selected as pilot ofSpaceX Crew-7.On its launch in August 2023, he became the first European pilot of a spacecraft and the first pilot of a US spacecraft who is not a US citizen. He also served as the ISSExpedition 70commander. The European segment of the mission is called "Huginn".[20]Crew-7 and Mogensen returned to Earth on 12 March 2024.[21]

Personal life[edit]

He resides in Copenhagen, Denmark. His pastimes includerugby,mountaineering,anddiving.

References[edit]

  1. ^"Andreas Mogensen – den første danske astronaut"[Andreas Mogensen – the first Danish astronuat].Rumrejsen 2015(in Danish). Archived fromthe originalon 14 October 2015.Retrieved27 August2015.
  2. ^"Andreas Mogensen: Space Viking"(PDF).European Space Agency.Archived(PDF)from the original on 9 February 2023.Retrieved3 September2015.
  3. ^"Former Rygaards Student Blasts into Space!".Rygaards International School.2 September 2015. Archived fromthe originalon 4 September 2015.
  4. ^Albrechtsen, Kathrine (14 October 2014)."Første danske astronaut slog en tur forbi Hellerup"[First Danish astronaut visited Hellerup].Sjællandske Nyheder(in Danish).Archivedfrom the original on 25 November 2023.
  5. ^"Andreas Mogensen".European Space Agency.Archivedfrom the original on 23 November 2023.
  6. ^Sauro, Francesco; De Waele, Jo; Payler, Samuel J.; Vattano, Marco; Sauro, Francesco Maria; Turchi, Leonardo; Bessone, Loredana (1 July 2021)."Speleology as an analogue to space exploration: The ESA CAVES training programme".Acta Astronautica.184:150–166.doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.04.003.hdl:11585/819077.ISSN0094-5765.S2CID234819922.
  7. ^Lewis, Robert E. (10 June 2014)."NASA Announces Two Upcoming Undersea Missions"(Press release).NASA.14-158.Archivedfrom the original on 26 November 2023.Retrieved24 June2014.
  8. ^Bergin, Chris (11 June 2014)."NEEMO returns with two new underwater missions".NASASpaceFlight.Archivedfrom the original on 26 October 2023.Retrieved24 June2014.
  9. ^"What is Pangaea?".European Space Agency.Archivedfrom the original on 2 November 2023.Retrieved8 December2021.
  10. ^"Astronaut training in the land of volcanoes".Caves & pangaea blog.European Space Agency.Archivedfrom the original on 25 May 2023.Retrieved8 December2021.
  11. ^"Back to the future".Caves & pangaea blog.European Space Agency.Archivedfrom the original on 26 September 2023.Retrieved8 December2021.
  12. ^"The story behind the LEGO astronauts".iriss mission blog.European Space Agency.Archivedfrom the original on 7 July 2023.
  13. ^Mogensen, Andreas [@Astro_Andreas] (15 September 2015)."Held og lykke til @CopSub i deres forsøg på at nå rummet! Personlig erfaring siger det er det hårde arbejde værd!"[Good luck to @CopSub in their attempt to reach space! Personal experience says it's worth the hard work! "] (Tweet) (in Danish).Archivedfrom the original on 16 September 2015 – viaTwitter.
  14. ^ab"A 'sprint' mission".IRISS.European Space Agency.Archivedfrom the original on 7 July 2023.
  15. ^"VIDEO: Sådan udførte Andreas robotforsøget fra rummet"[VIDEO: This is how Andreas performed the robot experiment from space].Ingeniøren(in Danish).Archivedfrom the original on 8 July 2023.
  16. ^"Andreas Mogensen har optaget en enestående video af kæmpelyn"[Andreas Mogensen has recorded unique video of super-lightning].Rumrejsen 2015.Archived fromthe originalon 23 September 2015.
  17. ^"How DMI found giant lightning for Andreas"(in Danish).Danish Meteorological Institute.17 September 2015. Archived fromthe originalon 21 September 2015.Retrieved17 September2015.
  18. ^"UK's Major Peake delighted by historic ISS assignment".NASASpaceFlight.20 May 2013.Archivedfrom the original on 4 June 2023.
  19. ^"Astronaut Andreas Mogensen modtager Den Kongelige Belønningsmedalje i guld med krone og inskription"[Astronaut Andreas Mogensen receives The Royal Commemorative Medal in gold with crown and inscription] (in Danish).Kongehuset.16 September 2015.Archivedfrom the original on 11 March 2023.
  20. ^"Introducing Huginn"(Press release).European Space Agency.18 August 2022.Archivedfrom the original on 24 September 2023.Retrieved18 August2022.
  21. ^Dooren, Jennifer M. (12 March 2024)."Splashdown! NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Finishes Mission, Returns to Earth"(Press release).NASA.24-040.Archivedfrom the original on 11 April 2024.

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