Tuesday, 28 October 2008

First Danish Astronaut Set For Space Mission

First Danish Astronaut Set For Space Mission
ESA's Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen has been assigned to be launched on a Soyuz spacecraft from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in September 2015 for a plan ahead to the International Vacant Situation. This 10-day plan ahead decision be Andreas's first flight wearing space and the first ever space plan ahead by a Danish astronaut. The flight is personal coupled to the new era in ISS operations: two experienced spacefarers from the USA and Russia decision work on the Situation for one time from May 2015. Done his rest onboard the ISS, he decision wear a series of experiments preparing doom missions and intense new technologies.

"I'm glowing to announce this plan ahead as this is by the fifth flight pencil case for the class recruited in 2009," imaginary Thomas Reiter, ESA's Manager of Worldly Spaceflight and Operations.

"Afterward first of the new class, Luca Parmitano, at the present carrying out on the Vacant Situation, and three other astronauts by upbringing for their imminent missions, ESA's new astronauts are very in use.

"Thanks to the decisions of the Add-on States at the Ministerial Get-together last November, we decision be able to lay to rest our dedication to fly all six in recent times a quantity of astronauts prior the end of 2017," imaginary Mr Reiter.

"This plan ahead is the fulfilment of a life-long prediction and the summit of profuse excitement of stable work and upbringing," imaginary Andreas Mogensen.

"I am hotheaded to be able to taste in ESA's choice programme of science and technology move ahead on power the International Vacant Situation and I am honoured to present-day Denmark and Europe in space. The plan ahead is a out-of-the-way display for Europe to alter and test the technologies vital for the doom of human space exploration."

NEW Apparatus AND SCIENCE Cut


The commencement of the plan ahead decision dirty dig open area on 30 September, 2015 in the midst of the commencement of Soyuz TMA-18 (44S) and it decision end on 10 October, afterward Andreas decision land in the midst of Soyuz TMA-16 (42S).

Done his flight, Andreas decision test novel ways of transfer along with the ground and space crews in the midst of a indicative of appliance that allows astronauts to pretense it hands-free and in the midst of various multi-user enunciation techniques. The system decision convey moreover advanced 3D visualisation and augmented reality -features that decision be fine broken in the midst of new wearable computers and cameras to scholarship the complete community to chase endeavors on the ISS straight the eyes of an ESA astronaut' potentially in real time.

ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen prior hidden one of the world's prime swimming pools at NASA's Open-minded Self-belief Lab in Houston, USA for spacewalk upbringing. He is popular a liquid-cooled undergarment that decision stay on the line him at the accurately warm up all the rage the profuse hours dragging upbringing in the spacesuit or Extravehicular Mobility Disconnection. Training underwater on a great mockup of the Vacant Situation is one way astronauts clause for their plan ahead. On the edge underwater is one of the best ways primary on Put in at for agility. Credit: NASA/ESA-J.Blair

Andreas's soft plan ahead is an aristocratic display for various science studies, absolutely in life science. By count samples and number from a short-duration plan ahead astronaut to existing gathered and being collected all the rage long-duration missions, the sense of the biomedical numbers is increased. All the instrumentation pleasing for physiology, biology and existing science experiments is by not in in the Columbus laboratory and samples can be returned at a fast pace defend to Put in at for in addition psychotherapy.

A short-duration plan ahead is moreover special for intense a new natural life of robustness sensors, connected slice policy and electro-muscle-mobility policy. These convey instruct good turn for doom exploration missions and honest sooner on Put in at, for glasses case in the midst of operators of heavy gear or in the midst of healing after sports injuries.

Andreas decision be particularly fit too: he decision smear a new 'skinsuit' all the rage normal weekly endeavors. This is promptly garment made from pliable existing mimicking Put in at formality and hence passively justifying deconditioning of an astronaut's human being all the rage spaceflight.

Laterally in the midst of the Soyuz enthrall, the ISS decision cram up to nine those for a schedule - a dilapidated that has not been not working equally retirement of the Vacant Shuttle in 2011.

Together with Luca's customary plan ahead and flight of Andreas in 2015, ESA astronauts Alexander Gerst and Samantha Cristoforetti, are behind for commencement in 2014 for long-duration missions to the Situation. As soon as Andreas, the next European appointed for space decision be Tim Peake, who decision travel his long-duration plan ahead on the ISS as a zealot of the Search for 46/47 in December 2015.

Turgid Planner


This new technology overflowing plan ahead decision be a prediction flight for an aerospace engineer darling Andreas. Not only decision the plan ahead delimit profuse firsts and demonstrations, but moreover Andreas decision fly as the flight engineer in the used up control of Soyuz, conception him second-in-command of their sports car.

ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen prior hidden one of the world's prime swimming pools at NASA's Open-minded Self-belief Lab in Houston, USA for spacewalk upbringing. He is popular a liquid-cooled undergarment that decision stay on the line him at the accurately warm up all the rage the profuse hours dragging upbringing in the spacesuit or Extravehicular Mobility Disconnection. Training underwater on a great mockup of the Vacant Situation is one way astronauts clause for their plan ahead. On the edge underwater is one of the best ways primary on Put in at for agility. Credit: NASA/ESA-J.Blair

Andreas was untutored in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 2 November 1976, and he conventional a master's indentation in aeronautical production from Situation School London, UK, in 1999, followed by a doctorate in aerospace production from the School of Texas, Austin, USA, in 2007.

He was a quantity of as an ESA astronaut in May 2009 and carry out the astronaut sensitive upbringing programme in November 2010 in the midst of the five other astronauts of the 2009 class. Andreas is a approved Eurocom at the Columbus Revise Centre in Munich, wherever he has been communicating in the midst of the astronauts on the International Vacant Situation.

ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen about to head underwater for spacewalk upbringing at NASA's Open-minded Self-belief Lab in Houston, USA. As the spacesuit is too heavy to be recycled on Put in at, astronauts are lowered wearing the underwater upbringing area by erect. Training underwater on a great mockup of the Vacant Situation is one way astronauts clause for their plan ahead. On the edge underwater is one of the best ways primary on Put in at for agility. Credits: NASA/ESA-J. Blair

In accumulation to his upbringing and work endeavors, Andreas worked for ESA on the Planetary Lander programme at ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands, wherever he was in action in the design of the working out, navigation and control system for a clearness lunar landing.

From his homebase at the European Astronaut Centre in Have in your sights, Germany, Andreas decision travel his plan ahead upbringing in the midst of the buddies of the International Vacant Situation. This decision dirty dig him to NASA's Johnson Vacant Spirit in Houston, USA, and Popularity Community, tight Moscow, Russia, as well as Japan and Canada.

Andreas blogs about space exploration and his astronaut upbringing endeavors in Danish at videnskab.dk/profil/andreas-mogensen.

Credit: ESA


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