Huginn, Andreas Mogensen’s second mission to the Worldwide House Station, is now underway. Along with Crew-7, the ESA astronaut launched aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft Endurance on 26 August 2023, at 09:27 CEST (08:27 BST).
Alongside him are NASA’s Jasmin Moghbeli, Satoshi Furukawa from JAXA, and Konstantin Borisov from Roscosmos. The crew will spend roughly six months on the House Station, 420 kilometres above Earth.
This is not Andreas’s first journey into area. In 2015, he participated within the 10-day “iriss” mission. Nonetheless, Huginn marks his first launch from NASA’s Kennedy House Middle in Florida, USA, and his inaugural expertise with Crew Dragon.
Watch the replay of pivotal moments such because the crew’s arrival on the Kennedy House Middle on 20 August, elevate off, in addition to Andreas piloting Crew Dragon on the eleventh general crewed orbital flight.
The journey additionally showcased particular passengers, who served as zero gravity indicators. After roughly X hours, the Crew Dragon approached and autonomously docked with the House Station, the place Andreas and his colleagues have been greeted by fellow astronauts.
For extra about Andreas and his Huginn mission, go to the Huginn mission web page.
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