Andreas Mogensen

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Astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Andreas Mogensen Assigned to ... (SpaceCoastDaily.com)

NASA and ESA have selected NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, right, and ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen to launch on NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 mission to the ...

Mogensen has logged 9 days, 20 hours, and 9 minutes in space. In 2015, Mogensen became the first Danish person to go to space and currently is serving as the European astronaut liaison officer to NASAโ€™s Johnson Space Center in Houston. (NASA) โ€“ NASA and ESA have selected two astronauts to launch on NASAโ€™s SpaceX Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station.

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Danish ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen to return to space (SpaceWatch.Global)

Danish ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen has been assigned a long-duration mission to the ISS and is scheduled to fly as the pilot of a Crew.

He also remotely controlled three rovers on Earth as part of deep-space mission preparations. Mogensenโ€™s first trip to the Station was a 10-day mission named Iriss in 2015. Astronaut Mogensen is going to be the backup pilot for Crew-6. Following that, he is going to be the pilot of the Crew Dragon spacecraft as a member of Crew-7. He will be the next ESA astronaut to fly after Samantha Cristoforetti launches to space as part of Crew-4 in April.

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