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27 AUG. 2012 publication date 5490 Views

An international crew of six astronauts trained for a caving adventure designed to prepare them for spaceflight. Training started on Sunday and continued to Friday 7 September, when they entered the Italian caves and spent six days underground.

Follow Andreas Mogensen, David Saint-Jacques, Soichi Noguchi, Mike Fincke, Drew Feustel and Nikolai Tikhonov through regular updates on Twitter, YouTube and Flickr. ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen posted regular updates on ESA’s astronaut blog.

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Andreas Mogensen, European Space AgencyAndreas was selected as an ESA astronaut in 2009, a couple of years after receiving a doctorate in aerospace engineering.Andreas has worked as a drilling services ...

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