The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
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Marcus Wandt entered the International Space Station and started his Muninn mission, an up to 14-day mission. He is the first ESA project astronaut after being chosen for ESA's astronaut reserve in 2022. He launched as part of the Axiom-3 crew together with Michael López-Alegría, Walter Villadei and Alper Gezeravcı.
Waiting for him on the Space Station was ESA astronaut and commander of expedition 70, Andreas Mogensen who is on his Huginn mission.