Meet European Astronaut Andreas Mogensen: NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Pilot
NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 pilot is Andreas Mogensen—the Copenhagen, Denmark native who was selected as a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut in 2009 and became the first Danish citizen in space after launching aboard a Soyuz for a 10-day mission to the International Space Station in 2015. He completed undergraduate studies and received a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering from Imperial College London in England before gaining his doctorate in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.
Mogensen has since served as a crew member for NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) missions and was the European astronaut liaison officer to NASA's Johnson Space Center from 2016-2022, working as a capsule communicator (CAPCOM) for astronauts aboard the station and as ground support for spacewalks, relaying tasks and direction from mission control to the spacewalkers.
For more about Andreas and his Huginn mission, visit the Huginn mission page: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Huginn
An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.
