The SpaceX Dragon with the Axiom Mission 3 crew inside as they undocked from the Worldwide Area Station on 7 February at 14:20 GM/15:20 CET. ESA venture astronaut Marcus Wandt along with Walter Villadei, Alper Gezeravcı and Michael López-Alegría spent 20 days in area, conducting science and know-how demonstrations in a mission that may be described as a dash.
Marcus’s mission to the Area Station known as Muninn after one of many ravens of the Norse god Odin, complementing the Huginn mission of Andreas Mogensen, fellow Scandinavian and ESA astronaut. Marcus was a part of the primary industrial spaceflight for an ESA astronaut, marking a brand new period the place ESA venture astronauts can achieve helpful flight expertise on short-duration missions.
Regardless of the quick time, Marcus carried out greater than 20 European experiments throughout his Muninn mission, together with working robots on Earth from the Area Station and investigating how residing in excessive and confined environments have an effect on individuals’s bodily and psychological well-being.
After a 47-hour journey again to Earth, Marcus and crew splashed down off the coast of Florida, USA, on 9 February at 13:30 GMT/14:30 CET.
The image was taken by ESA astronaut and present commander of the Worldwide Area Station, Andreas Mogensen, from contained in the Crew Dragon “Endurance”.
