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On Wednesday, 22 May at 16:35 BST (17:35 CEST), tune in as European Space Agency Director General Josef Aschbacher unveils the first spaceflight missions for two of our newest #ESAAstro2022 class members, live from the Space Council in Brussels 🚀🌟

From Earth to orbit and back 🌍🔬

Experiments on Andreas Mogensen's #Huginn mission were trying new ways in order to improve life on Earth, from using virtual reality to boost fitness motivation to studying astronauts' cooking habits in order to better engage them with culinary

Samantha Cristoforetti Luca Parmitano Paolo Nespoli Tim Peake Scott Kelly European Space Agency International Space Station 'First shot of Aurora: wow!'. This was Andreas Mogensen's reaction after taking a picture from the International International Space Station during his 10-day 'iriss' mission in September 2015.

Today I was welcomed home by my colleagues at European Space Agency's European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany. Thank you for all the support before, during and after my Huginn mission, your help made this mission a success and I look forward to coming back and start working here in the near

Fun fact about the booster that will help bring European Space Agency's #EarthCARE to space: ours is number 1081 and it has been launched six times before.

The booster was used for the Crew-7 launch which brought to space Andreas Mogensen and also for NASA Earth PACE mission.
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I almost can’t believe that it’s been three months already since we undocked from the International International Space Station. After being there, it truly feels like space is so much closer. Even if I know that it is a bit more complicated, it feels like I could go back next week and my

Three astronauts, three European Space Agency generations, one picture. 👨‍🚀👨‍🚀👨‍🚀

Marcus Wandt, Andreas Mogensen and Christer came together before meeting the kings and queens of Sweden and Denmark in Stockholm yesterday. 🇸🇪🇩🇰

The astronauts discussed how space research and technology can help

FM Lars Løkke Rasmussen: 'A pleasure to hear about the unique Danish-Swedish space research with Andreas Mogensen and his Swedish astronaut colleague just returned from another successful ISS-mission. 🇩🇰 and 🇸🇪 don't have a space race, but a space relay, where we help each other.' 🤝🚀

Welcome home Andreas Mogensen 🎉
Our European Space Agency astronaut was welcomed back to his home country by the general public, guests, press, and a local choir at Experimentarium in Denmark earlier this week 🇩🇰🧑‍🚀
Andreas spent 6 months on the International International Space Station for his #Huginn

Jeg kan godt lide forsiden i dag. Velkommen hjem ⁦Andreas Mogensen⁩ #ESA

Før sin hjemrejse blev Andreas Mogensen mødt af en storm fra konspirationsteoretikere. »Det var helt vildt,« fortæller han i en samtale med Berlingske om misinformation og om hans personlige chancer for at komme på en månemission.

Læs interviewet her: berlingske.dk/samfund/andrea…

Going up to look down ⬆️⬇️

A key area of the research that Andreas Mogensen conducted on his #Huginn mission was the changing climate of Earth 🌍

Andreas studied reflected sunlight ☀️, powerful lightning phenomena⚡, clean water 💧 to help researchers understand the little blue

En tydeligt bevæget Andreas Mogensen blev budt velkommen hjem til Danmark med en Elton John-sang Andreas Mogensen #ESA politiken.dk/del/3W5PjPADAM…

Thank you for coming Josef Aschbacher, it is always a pleasure to meet in person as the picture clearly shows 😁

Last time we spoke was at the Space Summit in November when I was on the Space Station, where we talked about the future of European spaceflight.

I look forward to

“Space is about utilising the endless possibilities space offers. And finding solutions to the challenges we face down here on Earth.” Sådan sagde Christina Egelund i dag ved Andreas Mogensen’ homecoming event. Velkommen hjem til Andreas Mogensen! #dkpol #rummet #forskpol

And here he is 🇩🇰 Andreas Mogensen is back in Denmark after 6 months on the International International Space Station on his #Huginn mission🧑‍🚀

If you want to know more of what Andreas Mogensen did during his first long-duration mission, go to the #Huginn site: esa.int/Science_Explor…

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Der er så meget misinformation om månelandingerne. Her endnu et eksempel.

Presseinvitation: Første pressemøde på dansk jord med ESA-astronaut Andreas Mogensen efter hans seneste mission på ISS afholdes i Uddannelses- og Forskningsministeriet mandag den 29. april kl. 11.30. Pressetilmelding 👉 bit.ly/3Ue60GI #dkpol #dkmedier Christina Egelund

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