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Mission

10-day iriss mission, part of Expedition 45

Launch site

Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Launch spacecraft

Soyuz TMA-18M

Launch

International Space Station Soyuz launch 44S

Launch date

2 September 04:37 GMT

Launcher

Soyuz-FG

Docking

4 September 07:39 GMT

Hatch opening

4 September 10:15 GMT

Return spacecraft

Soyuz TMA-16M

Undocking

11 September 21:29 GMT

Landing

12 September 00:51 GMT

Mission duration

10 days

Crew

Launch:

Sergei Volkov, Roscosmos (Commander)

Andreas Mogensen, ESA (Flight engineer 1)

Aidyn Aimbetov, Kazcosmos (Flight engineer 2)

Return:

Gennady Padalka, Roscosmos (Commander)

Andreas Mogensen, ESA (Flight engineer 1)

Aidyn Aimbetov, Kazcosmos (Flight engineer 2)

Ailt ghaolmhara

[ Space for Earth ]

ÁBHAR CARTLAINNE: 08 DEAI. 2015

Astronaut brains as beacons for researchers

How astronauts adapt to the stresses of living in space is helping researchers to pinpoint the causes of common disorders on Earth.From the brain’s point of view, living in space is very stressful. The signals from an astronaut’s body in space go haywire as they float in weightlessness. The inner ear reports that it is falling, but the eyes show that nothing is moving.

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[ iriss ]

ÁBHAR CARTLAINNE: 11 MEÁN. 2015

Andreas Mogensen lands after a busy mission on Space Station

ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, Soyuz spacecraft commander Gennady Padalka and Kazakh cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov landed this morning at 00:51 GMT (02:51 CEST 12 September) in the steppe of Kazakhstan, marking the end of their missions to the International Space Station.

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[ iriss ]

ÁBHAR CARTLAINNE: 11 MEÁN. 2015

Supervising two rovers from space

ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen is proving to be an expert space driver after commanding two rovers from space this week. As part of ESA’s Meteron project, Andreas drove a second, car-sized rover from the International Space Station to repair a mockup lunar base in the Netherlands.

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[ Space Engineering & Technology ]

ÁBHAR CARTLAINNE: 08 MEÁN. 2015

Slam dunk for Andreas in space controlling rover on ground

Putting a round peg in a round hole is not hard for someone standing next to it. But yesterday ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen did this while orbiting 400 km up aboard the International Space Station, remotely operating a rover and its robotic arm on the ground.

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[ Astronauts ]

01 MEÁN. 2009

Andreas Mogensen biography

Andreas Mogensen is a Danish ESA astronaut.

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Connect with Andreas Mogensen

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Andreas video diaries

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iriss mission blog

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