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Europe strengthened its connection to space on Wednesday 27 January, as NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins (white suit with red stripes) and Victor Glover (plain white suit) installed the Columbus KA-band antenna (ColKa) outside ESA’s Columbus laboratory on the International Space Station.
This antenna will create an additional bi-directional KA-band data transmission for the Space Station, providing a direct link between the Columbus laboratory and Europe, for researchers and astronauts, at home broadband speeds.
Victor transported the fridge-sized unit from the airlock to the worksite on the Canadarm2 robotic arm, with assistance from NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi inside the Station. There, he and Mike set to work unscrewing and screwing bolts to hold the antenna in place and routing cables for power and data, guided by the voice of ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen from NASA’s mission control centre in Houston.
Mike and Victor also connected power cables for external commercial research platform Bartolomeo, located outside Columbus. This connection will be continued during a future spacewalk.
Credits: NASA
School is also back in session for ESA astronaut Andrea Mogensen (right) and NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins. Together with European Astronaut Centre engineer Robin Eccleston (far left), the trio are taking part in this year’s Pangaea field training campaign to become better field scientists.
With all eyes set on the Moon, the three-week campaign has increasingly focussed on lunar geology. Now in its fourth edition, the course kicked off this week with background lessons by top planetary scientists on identifying rock samples of interest for exploration.
In this image Andreas and his fellow students use a microscope to analyse samples.
Later, the class went on a field trip to the Bletterbach canyon in the Italian Dolomites. The eight-km long and 400-m deep gorge contains around 10 billion tonnes of rock transported to the valley since the end of the glacial age, around 18 000 years ago.
The gorge is the result of sedimentary processes quite similar to those found on Mars and is an ideal site to put classroom knowledge into practice.
In later sessions, the trainees will also visit the Ries Crater in Germany and the volcanic landscapes of Lanzarote, Spain, to unravel not only lunar but also martian features on Earth. They will use more sophisticated tools that will allow them to explore their geography from the microscopic to the macroscopic level.
The participants will wear a virtual reality headset to immerse themselves in a real martian landscape. Together with images and dozens of 3D maps, the trainees will see a combination of ground truth information and satellite images with the PLANetary MAPping project (PLANMAP) running behind the scenes.
Follow Pangaea on social media for live updates and on the blog for more in depth articles.
Credits: ESA–A. Romeo
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen posted this image on social media, commenting: "The only spacecraft on #ISS I will not fly, #Soyuz TMA-17M with Progress supply vessel in the background."
Follow Andreas Mogensen's mission with live updates via the iriss mission blog and Twitter via @esaoperations
Connect with Andreas at: andreasmogensen.esa.int/
Credit: ESA/NASA
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The European Space Agency and LEGO Education have paired up to create an exciting contest for Andreas Mogensen’s iriss mission.
Andreas has 20 LEGO figurines with him on board the International Space Station. They will be used as very special prizes for activities around the iriss mission.
Find out more about the project in the iriss blog: blogs.esa.int/iriss/2015/07/29/lego-astronauts/
Credit: ESA/NASA
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For the first time in over a decade, the European Space Agency is seeking new astronauts. The last selection took place in 2008-09, and resulted in these familiar faces being welcomed into the ESA Astronaut Corps: (from left) Luca Parmitano, Thomas Pesquet, Alexander Gerst, Andreas Mogesen, Tim Peake, Samantha Cristoforetti.
This class was selected following a year-long Europe-wide recruitment process that attracted 8413 valid applications. Following thorough psychological, medical and professional screening ESA’s astronaut class of 2009 became the first new recruits to join the European Astronaut Corps since 1992.
Not pictured here is ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer, who was one of 10 applicants who made it to the final round of ESA astronaut selection in 2008. After narrowly missing out on astronaut candidacy at that stage, Matthias went on to work for ESA in a variety of roles including crew support and Eurocom (European spacecraft communicator) before officially joining the ESA astronaut corps in 2015. He is currently training for his first mission to the International Space Station.
ESA’s next astronaut selection campaign kicks off with a series of press briefings today outlining the selection criteria and desirable traits for astronauts. ESA’s astronauts and experts will also provide further detail around the Parastronaut Feasibility Project, as well as ESA’s vision for the next 10 years of human and robotic exploration that aims to bring the first European woman and man to the Moon.
A new website has launched and is the hub of information relating to ESA’s 2021–22 astronaut selection and will be constantly updated with information for applicants and media.
The application period runs from 31 March to 28 May 2021. ESA will only consider applications submitted via the ESA Careers website within those eight weeks. After that, a six-stage selection process will start. This is expected to be completed in October 2022.
Credits: ESA
⚡ Photo extraite d’une série réalisée lors d’un timelapse au-dessus de l’Europe. Coup de chance, elle montre un éclair et des sprites dans la haute atmosphère ! Ces phénomènes lumineux sont rares et très courts, ce qui les rend difficiles à photographier et à étudier. La Station spatiale internationale est équipée d’un instrument dédié à leur observation. Il est situé à l’extérieur du module Columbus (c’est mieux pour observer l’atmosphère 😉). L’ISS est particulièrement adaptée pour ces observations car elle survole plusieurs fois par jour l’équateur où on trouve le plus d’orages. Un truc fascinant à propos de ces éclairs, c’est qu’ils sont restés à l’état de légende pendant des décennies, racontées par des pilotes, et les scientifiques n’étaient pas convaincus de leur existence. On sait maintenant que les sprites, les elfes et autres jets bleus ou géants existent réellement et qu’ils pourraient avoir une influence sur le climat
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A single frame from a timelapse over Europe, showing a thunder strike with a ‘transient luminous event’ in the upper atmosphere!! This is a very rare occurrence and we have a facility outside Europe's Columbus laboratory dedicated to observing these flashes of light. The Space Station is extremely well suited for this observatory as it flies over the equator where there are more thunderstorms. What is fascinating about this lightning is that just a few decades ago they had been observed anecdotally by pilots and scientists were not convinced they actually existed. Fast forward a few years and we can confirm elves, and sprites are very real and could be influencing our climate too! My friend Andreas Mogensen has a large part to play in this story, he was the first to capture them from space (in only ten days on the Space Station he did all this, legend!) proving the worth of having a facility to monitor the flashes!'
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
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Take away the clouds, bulk up the humans with suits and add an orange-red filter and this could be an image from a future mission to Mars.
The actual site, the Corona lava tube in Lanzarote, Spain, is closer than one might think to the Red Planet.
That’s why participants of ESA’s Pangaea course came here this week for the third session of their planetary geology training.
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, ESA engineer Robin Eccleston and NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins are this year’s students learning from geologists how to best explore the Moon and Mars right here on Earth.
Before ending up in one of Europe’s volcanic hotspots, Andreas, Kathleen and Robin learned how to describe geological sites, and how to classify rocks and identify traces of life during field trips to the Italian Dolomites and the Ries crater in Germany in September.
Lanzarote’s volcanic landscapes are exceptionally well-preserved, and the long history of geological activity make it a unique open-air museum. Here, basaltic lava flows resemble vast plains on the lunar maria and volcanoes are similar to those in some regions of Mars.
For an astronaut whose day job is the daily operations of the International Space Station at Mission Control in Houston, USA, Andreas admits that looking at rocks sounded kind of boring at first.
But in Lanzarote, Andreas and his crewmates were set loose on the Mars-like terrain to follow pre-planned geological investigation routes and analyse the mineralogy of the soil all while remaining in constant communication with the science and training teams with dedicated tools.
Now, Andreas has learned to see the rocks in a new light. “It’s intriguing to interpret the layers of the Earth where the rocks come from, and from there begin to understand the evolution of our planet,” he says.
Looking at rocks has led to an interesting three weeks for the astronaut, who would choose Mars as a destination for future spaceflight. Mars exploration might be in the distant horizon, but “still a fascinating place to visit,” he adds.
Pangaea – named after the ancient supercontinent – prepares the astronauts for geological expeditions to other planets. Trainees acquire skills and knowledge both in the field and in the classroom, tailored towards the needs of future planetary explorers.
Credits: ESA–A. Romeo
The aurora, as photographed from the International Space Station by ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen.
Follow Andreas Mogensen's mission with live updates via the iriss mission blog and Twitter via @esaoperations
Connect with Andreas at: andreasmogensen.esa.int/
Credit: ESA/NASA
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Image posted by ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen during his iriss mission. Andreas commented: "Fantastic start to the day! Flew right over #Denmark with no clouds!"
Follow Andreas Mogensen's mission with live updates via the iriss mission blog and Twitter via @esaoperations
Connect with Andreas at: andreasmogensen.esa.int/
Credit: ESA/NASA
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ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, commander Sergei Volkov and Aidyn Aimbetov were launched into space on 2 September at 04:38 GMT (06:38 CEST) from Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
The launch marks the start of ESA’s 10-day ‘iriss’ mission that will focus on testing new technologies and ways of running complex space missions.
The astronaut’s Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft was pushed into Earth orbit as planned accelerating 50 km/h on every second for the first nine minutes of their launch.
Their docking is planned on 4 September at 07:42 GMT (09:42 CEST) but they will not enter their new home in space until the astronauts on both sides of the spacecraft hatch to ensure that there are no leaks.
Follow the whole mission with live updates via the iriss mission blog and Twitter via @esaoperations
Connect with Andreas at: andreasmogensen.esa.int/
Credit: ESA-S. Corvaja
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly adjusted the exposure on his camera and captured this beautiful image of the Milky Way Galaxy and a cloud-covered Earth on Day 135 of his One Year mission on the International Space Station.
As three International Space Station crew members returned to Earth last week, investigations continued using spherical robots inside the orbiting laboratory while astronauts also controlled robots on Earth from space.
ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, the first Danish citizen in space, concluded the INTERACT investigation during his 10-day mission on the station. Using the Haptics hardware installed on the space station, Mogensen was able to transmit movements back to Earth and accomplish several tasks with a rover in a laboratory. These ESA investigations could lead to methods to control advance-scouting rovers on asteroids, moons, or planets from nearby orbit, relying on human control of a remote vehicle when landing a crew is not necessary.
The hardware is a basic joystick lever that can be moved freely to play simple computer games. An intricate system of servomotors generates counterforces or vibrations that crewmembers can feel through the joystick -- just like a standard video gaming controller when a player encounters an in-game obstacle. The INTERACT investigation tests different control techniques over different types of communications channels to determine which may be the best combination for remote control of robotic operations on a planetary surface. In this set of experiments, Mogensen attempted to remotely place small pegs into holes, controlling robot arms from orbit.
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Credits: NASA
Image shared by ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen on social media during his 10-day iriss mission to the International Space Station in September 2015.
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Credit: ESA/NASA
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This week one year ago, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen (left) spent 10 days in space on his ‘iriss’ mission to the International Space Station. He was launched on 2 September 2015 in a Soyuz spacecraft with cosmonaut commander Sergei Volkov (right) and returned in a different Soyuz with commander Gennadi Padalka. Sergei stayed on to complete his third six-month stay on the Space Station.
Andreas and Sergei unveiled a bust of Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space, exactly a year after their own launch. The event commemorated Gagarin’s visit to Denmark 54 years ago during his tour of Europe after his landmark orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961.
The bust is at the Danish Technical University near Copenhagen, Denmark. The university participated in a number of experiments on the International Space Station, including Andreas imaging a newly discovered weather phenomenon.
Credit: DTU–M. Schlosser
The aurora, as photographed from the International Space Station by ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen.
Follow Andreas Mogensen's mission with live updates via the iriss mission blog and Twitter via @esaoperations
Connect with Andreas at: andreasmogensen.esa.int/
Credit: ESA/NASA
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Although the pictures of the devastation of Hurricane Harvey on Earth leave little to the imagination, seeing it from space confirms the enormous power the hurricane had. Taken by NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik from the International Space Station orbiting Earth at 400 km altitude, Randy commented, “The destructive power beneath the clouds of Hurricane Harvey ruins any thought of the beauty of the cloud formations from above”.
The hurricane hit mainland USA and caused flooding and damage affecting hundreds of thousands of people. The city of Houston was hit with much of its force including NASA’s Johnson Space Center, the main site for astronauts and the International Space Station. Mission control in Houston remained operational despite the centre being closed from August 28 until today – flight controllers slept on site in makeshift beds as entrance to the facility was difficult due to floods.
After record rainfall for five days, the storm passed, leaving many people without homes, water or electricity. ESA has many staff members working at Johnson Space Center including ESA astronauts Luca Parmitano and Andreas Mogensen. People in Houston are now working to rebuild damaged property.
Among the many consequences of the hurricane, was the delay of the departure of NASA’s G5 plane from Houston to collect NASA astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer from their landing site after their mission on the International Space Station. An ESA plane was sent to retrieve the two astronauts in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, and brought them back to Cologne, home of ESA’s astronaut centre for a stopover before continuing to USA.
ESA’s Director General Jan Woerner said, “Spaceflight is a global endeavour and partnerships created by the International Space Station extend beyond space back to Earth. Our thoughts go out to everyone affected by Harvey, our American colleagues and their friends and families.”
Credit: NASA
Today the first Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen has been launched from Kosmodrom Baykonur, now heading for the International Space Station.
Our adoptee Bastian is also exploring newfound space - on the couch...
Bastian (mixed breed), 31.08.2015.
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Europe strengthened its connection to space on Wednesday 27 January, as NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins (white suit with red stripes) and Victor Glover (plain white suit) installed the Columbus KA-band antenna (ColKa) outside ESA’s Columbus laboratory on the International Space Station.
This antenna will create an additional bi-directional KA-band data transmission for the Space Station, providing a direct link between the Columbus laboratory and Europe, for researchers and astronauts, at home broadband speeds.
Victor transported the fridge-sized unit from the airlock to the worksite on the Canadarm2 robotic arm, with assistance from NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi inside the Station. There, he and Mike set to work unscrewing and screwing bolts to hold the antenna in place and routing cables for power and data, guided by the voice of ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen from NASA’s mission control centre in Houston.
Mike and Victor also connected power cables for external commercial research platform Bartolomeo, located outside Columbus. This connection will be continued during a future spacewalk.
Credits: NASA
“Valentine’s Day has struck again,” tweeted ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet when he posted this image of a heart-shaped lake in Mongolia. Thomas took this image from the International Space Station during his Proxima mission in 2017.
Two years on, it is that time of year again, the day that brings some joy and others anxiety. But if thoughts of ordering flowers and making dinner reservations are stressing you out, spare a thought for our stressed-out Earth.
The fact that Earth is rich in flora and fauna is without question, but our planet is changing fast – particularly because human activity is placing pressure on natural resources.
Increasing industrial production and a continued reliance on fossil fuels is causing global temperatures to rise. With a change in climate comes huge environmental challenges that humans will not be able to keep up with.
We need to check the status of our relationship with Earth before we wreck it. How?
The first step to fixing a problem is to understand the causes and full extent of it. The vantage point of space provides a window on the world like no other, through which to understand and monitor our changing planet.
And Earth-observing satellites are not the only tools to do this. Astronauts are also viewing Earth from space and taking pictures. Their photography is not just a perk of being an astronaut; they are often used to supplement satellite imagery and provide a different perspective.
Take the case of ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen. He was tasked with capturing a phenomenon notoriously difficult to photograph from Earth: elusive electrical discharges in the upper atmosphere that sport names such as red sprites, blue jets, pixies and elves. Reported by pilots, they are difficult to study as they occur above thunderstorms. (A dedicated instrument called ASIM has since been launched to the Space Station to monitor this phenomenon).
Besides their value to science, astronaut photographs from space are a great tool for science communication. From the very first images of Earth taken by NASA astronauts in the 1960s that showed the world how fragile Earth is, to the ones like this taken by astronauts and posted to social media, they all drive home an important message:
Love our planet, because it is the only home we have.
Credits: ESA
The space capsule Soyuz TMA-18M was send into space on September 2 2015 when it carried the first ever Danish astronaut, Andreas Mogensen, up to the international space station ISS. On its journey, the space capsule covered 100 million kilometres..The voyage into space and back has taken its toll – if you walk around the capsule, you will find that its surface has been carbonised. The carbonisation is a result of the journey back to Earth, where the capsule had to slow down from 27,500 km/h in order to land safely on the plains of Kazakhstan. The slowing down was partially done by air resistance and the friction caused the carbonisation of the outer shell. The outside of the capsule can stand temperatures way above 1,000˚C but inside the capsule, the temperature stays on 25˚C. Looking into the capsule, you will be surprised to see how little room there was for the three astronauts
Lights, camera, action for NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins and Victor Glover. The duo will install European payloads outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk on 27 January, guided by the know-how of their colleagues.
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen is seen in this image installing the Columbus Ka-band or ColKa terminal that will enable faster communication with Europe during a ‘dress rehearsal’ in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas in 2018.
Andrea will serve as ground IV, directing Mike and Victor through the installation of the small fridge-sized device by radio from NASA’s mission control.
ColKa will connect the Columbus module to the European Data Relay System, satellites in geostationary orbit that transfer data via European ground stations. This will enable faster uplink and downlink speeds between the European segment of the Space Station and European researchers on the ground.
In addition to installing ColKa, the pair will also complete cable and antenna rigging for the Bartolomeo science platform outside Columbus.
The Bartolomeo service will provide end-to-end access for external payloads on the Space Station. A new community of start-ups and space entrepreneurs will benefit from an unobstructed view of Earth, direct control of experiments from the ground and the possibility of retrieving samples.
Tomorrow’s spacewalk will begin at 13:00 CET and will be streamed live via NASA TV. Follow live updates on the spacewalk on social media via @esaspaceflight.
Credits: NASA EVA NBL
Borge Mogensen's Oak Lounge Chair 1958 design looks up to date here in this sunny window. This robust chair delights in the natural and humanzing qualities of its materials. Based on a vernacular Spanish chair, Mogensen's design achieves a certain timelessness.
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The Spanish chair is in production since 1959, unites Borge Mogensen's sense of working with quality materials with a formal inspiration deriving from traditional Spanish furniture. A second source of inspiration is hunting furniture and in 1950 Mogensen made a 'Hunt-cabin' series. The Spanish chair appears solid in its construction of oak with a stretched seat and back of natural leather with red borders. All parts of the wooden construction follow straight lines which give an impression of simplicity and robustness and also makes the chair easier to produce. The arm rests are cut from wide boards which are finished off with a rounding that makes the arm rests comfortable.
Dimensions Chair: H 26.8 x W 32.7 x D 24.4 seat height 13.8
See my set Living in a Jungle.
Official portrait of the Soyuz TMA-18M crew from the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre. Left to right: Aidyn Aimbetov (KazCosmos), Sergei Volkov (Roscosmos) and Andreas Mogensen (ESA).
Read more about Andreas's crewmates on ESA's iriss website: www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/iriss/Andrea...
Credit: GCTC
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen shared this photo on social media, commenting: "A big thank you to Thorsten Schmidt for a Danish space dinner for the complete #ISS crew with a Space Rock surprise!"
Follow Andreas Mogensen's mission with live updates via the iriss mission blog and Twitter via @esaoperations
Connect with Andreas at: andreasmogensen.esa.int/
Credit: ESA/NASA
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Robots and humans assembled their brains and artificial intelligence (AI) for Moon exploration at the ESA-ESRIC Space Resources Challenge. A team proved that when it comes to surveying uncharted worlds, working together is the most efficient approach.
12 teams from across Europe and Canada competed to find resources in a mock lunar surface. Over 200 tonnes of lava and rock, a hundred boulders and tricky slopes in a former aircraft hangar mimicked the surface of our Moon. The lighting recreated the long shadows that are projected around the Moon’s South Pole and the teams competing had to deal with a five-second communication delay as if they were 385 000 km away.
The teams developed different strategies traversing the unknown terrain and collecting samples for science analysis during two field tests in the Netherlands and Luxembourg in 2022.
This picture shows members of the Autonomous Robots for In-Situ Surface Exploration team (ARISE) at work to help their four robots complete the mission during the second campaign in Luxembourg, in September 2022.
ARISE won the Space Resources Challenge after their rovers managed to track down their own location in the simulated Moon, finding the safest passages and analysing the composition of the rocks as a potential resource.
Lunar resources such as oxygen, metals, soil and water are likely to play a large role in space economies. Making use of these resources will be crucial for sustainable space exploration, and the Moon is a promising target for extracting resources.
In a simulated lunar treasure hunt, teams made use of swarm robotics, an AI democracy where robots autonomously reach an agreement on how to accomplish their goal. The robots decided where to explore and which instruments were more suitable for each task.
The organisers praised ARISE’s skills at autonomy, mapping and mobility. The winning team was made of a consortium of European organisations, including the FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik, ETH Zurich, and the universities of Zurich, Basel and Bern.
ESA has launched a new campaign to identify technological gaps and find solutions for resource extraction on the Moon. A fresh call for ideas will serve to define the theme of the next edition of the Space Resource Challenge.
Watch the highlights of the first challenge and participate in the call for ideas.
ESA’s next astronaut to fly to the International Space Station, Andreas Mogensen, will continue ESA’s ground-breaking research into human and robotic exploration. Andreas first mission, ‘iriss’ proved that humans can control robots from an orbiting space station when he performed tasks through a robot on Earth with millimeter precision. His next mission, Huginn is launching this year and will see Andreas controlling a swarm of robots on Earth from space, pushing the human-robot alliance even further.
The Moon awaits you and your robots.
Credits: ESRIC
Technique used by Lars Mogensen which partly inspired my own:
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Very high setting render from Stud.io
Europe strengthened its connection to space on Wednesday 27 January, as NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins (white suit with red stripes) and Victor Glover (plain white suit) installed the Columbus KA-band antenna (ColKa) outside ESA’s Columbus laboratory on the International Space Station.
This antenna will create an additional bi-directional KA-band data transmission for the Space Station, providing a direct link between the Columbus laboratory and Europe, for researchers and astronauts, at home broadband speeds.
Victor transported the fridge-sized unit from the airlock to the worksite on the Canadarm2 robotic arm, with assistance from NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi inside the Station. There, he and Mike set to work unscrewing and screwing bolts to hold the antenna in place and routing cables for power and data, guided by the voice of ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen from NASA’s mission control centre in Houston.
Mike and Victor also connected power cables for external commercial research platform Bartolomeo, located outside Columbus. This connection will be continued during a future spacewalk.
Credits: NASA
The Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft is rolled out by train, on 31 August 2015, from the MIK 112 integration facility to the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad 1, in Kazakhstan.
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen will leave for the International Space Station from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 2 September 2015 with commander Sergei Volkov and Kazakh cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov.
Follow the whole mission with live updates via the blogs.esa.int/iriss and Twitter via @esaoperations
Connect with Andreas at: andreasmogensen.esa.int/
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Le sud du Lac de Garde, le plus grand lac italien. L’Italie, avec sa forme très distinctive de botte qu’on reconnait immédiatement depuis l’espace. C’est un pays où il fait bon vivre et que j’aime bien photographier : du pied des Alpes à la Mer il n’y a qu’un pas, les paysages changent à la fois très vite et très progressivement : montagnes, grands lacs et villes côtières pour le plaisir des yeux :)
The southern end of the Lago di Garda. I love how the water looks textured from up here. Italy is a great place to be and its distinctive shape of the boot makes it an easy country to recognise immediately when we pass over - Andreas Mogensen has a joke on why is Italy shaped like that but I’ll let him tell it. Sometimes we are lucky and our orbit travels down the full boot-shape from north to south with no clouds. This happened recently and here I present Italy in photomapping and all its splendour.
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
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Christiania Jazz Club, Copenhagen, May 2025.
Anders Malta, trompet
Kasper Sundby, sax
Carl Winther, piano
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Anders Mogensen, trommer
ESA astronaut Tim Peake, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and commander Yuri Malenchenko landed in the steppe of Kazakhstan on Saturday, 18 June in their Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft. The trio spent 186 days on the International Space Station.
The landing brings Tim Peake’s Principia mission to an end but the research continues. Tim is the eighth ESA astronaut to complete a long-duration mission in space. He is the third after Alexander Gerst and Andreas Mogensen to fly directly to ESA’s astronaut home base in Cologne, Germany, for medical checks and for researchers to collect more data on how Tim’s body and mind have adapted to living in space.
Follow Tim Peake via timpeake.esa.int/
Credit: ESA–Stephane Corvaja
Image of the approaching Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft taken by NASA astronaut Scott Kelly from on board the International Space Station.
On board the Soyuz were ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov and Kazakh cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov.
Follow Andreas Mogensen's mission with live updates via the iriss mission blog and Twitter via @esaoperations
Connect with Andreas at: andreasmogensen.esa.int/
Credit: ESA/NASA
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