Andreas Mogensen | |
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 Mogensen in 2020 | |
| Born | Andreas Enevold Mogensen (1976-11-02)2 November 1976 (age 49)[1] Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Status | Active |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Aerospace engineer |
| Spouse | Cecilie Beyer |
| Children | 3 |
| Space career | |
| ESA astronaut | |
Time in space | 208 days, 22 hours, 34 minutes |
| Selection | 2009 ESA Group |
| Missions | |
Mission insignia |    |
| Website | andreasmogensen |
Andreas Enevold "Andy" Mogensen (born 2 November 1976) is a Danish engineer andESAastronaut who 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 engineer forESTEC and as a member of theEuropean Astronaut Corps. In addition to his work with ESA, he has also worked withNASA and other international space agencies. He returned to space in August 2023 for his second spaceflight to theISS onboardSpaceX Crew Dragon as the first non-American to serve as a pilot.
He was born inCopenhagen. Mogensen attended primary school atRygaards International School inHellerup, where he graduated in 1992.[3] He received anInternational Baccalaureate fromCopenhagen International School in 1995.[4] He then went to theImperial College London where he obtained anMEng degree inAeronautical Engineering in 1999. Between 2001 and 2003 he worked as an engineer in theR&D department ofVestas Wind Systems in Denmark. Subsequently, Mogensen earned aPhD degree inAerospace Engineering at theUniversity of Texas at Austin in 2007.Furthermore, as part of his studies, he spent a semester at theInstituto Superior Técnico -University of Lisbon in 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 Astrium in 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.
Mogensen was selected to become the first Danish astronaut by theEuropean Space Agency in May 2009. He completed initial training and became a member of theEuropean Astronaut Corps in November 2010.
In 2012, Mogensen served as cavenaut in theESA CAVES[6][7] training inSardinia, alongsideDavid Saint-Jaques,Soichi Noguchi,Nikolai Tikhonov,Andrew Feustel, andMichael Fincke. During this training course, he took part in the discovery ofAlpioniscus sideralis, a new species ofstygofaunalcrustaceans.[8][9][10]
On 10 June 2014, NASA announced that Mogensen would serve as anaquanaut aboard theAquariusunderwater laboratory during theNEEMO 19 undersea exploration mission, which began on 7 September 2014 and lasted seven days.[11][12]
Between September and November 2021, Mogensen participated in the fourth edition ofESA PANGAEA training program.[13] Together with the NASA astronautKathleen Rubins, Mogensen went to theItalian Dolomites, to theRies Crater in Germany and the volcanic landscapes ofLanzarote, Spain.[14] ESA's Pangaea program prepares astronauts and space engineers to identify planetary geological features for future missions to the Moon, Mars and asteroids.[15]
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.
On 2 September 2015, Mogensen launched withSoyuz TMA-18M to ISS and landed withSoyuz TMA-16M ten days later. He was traveling with another visiting flight engineer,Aidyn Aimbetov. Among the items Andreas brought along wereLEGO figures[16] and a poster forCopenhagen Suborbitals.[17]
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.[18] His missions included remote control of a robot on Earth,[19] and filmingRed Sprites and Blue Jets lightnings above thunderclouds,[20] directed from Earth.[21] He also tried a new kind ofSkinsuit to alleviate back-pain astronauts feel due to the lengthening of their spine and used augmented reality goggles during his maintenance tasks.[18]
Mogensen left the station on 11 September 2015.Sergey Volkov was the ascent pilot (TMA-18M), andGennady Padalka was the descent pilot (TMA-16M).[22] 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 Recompense for his efforts.[23]
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 70 commander. The European segment of the mission is called "Huginn".[24] Crew-7 and Mogensen returned to Earth on 12 March 2024.[25]
He resides in Copenhagen, Denmark. His pastimes includerugby,mountaineering, anddiving.
| Preceded by | ISS Commander (Expedition 70) 26 September 2023 to 10 March 2024 | Succeeded by |
