page_title: Andreas Mogensen
section_title: Iriss
hierarchical_section_title: Andreas Mogensen / In ESA / Iriss
caption_attribution_description: English: Danish/ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen is seen working out on a stationary bicycle inside the U.S. Destiny Laboratory. Mogensen lived and worked on the International Space Station during September 2015. This 10-day mission was Andreas's first spaceflight and the first ever by a Danish national.
context_page_description: Andreas Enevold Mogensen is a Danish engineer and astronaut. He was the first Dane to fly in space as part of the iriss programme.
context_section_description: Mogensen's mission to the ISS was called "iriss". The mission name was chosen from suggestions received from across Europe. "iriss" had two logos, one to highlight the overall mission and one for the educational outreach activities.
  On September 2, 2015, Mogensen was launched with Soyuz TMA-18M to ISS, and landed with Soyuz TMA-16M ten days later. He was travelling with another visiting flight engineer, Aidyn Aimbetov. Among the items Andreas brought along were LEGO figures and a poster for Copenhagen Suborbitals.
  Because of the short mission duration, Mogensen worked up to 9.5-hour days instead of the 8-hour workdays that are normal on the station. His missions included remote control of a robot on Earth, and filming Red Sprites and Blue Jets lightnings above thunderclouds, directed from Earth. He also tried a new kind of Skinsuit to alleviate back-pain astronauts feel due to the lengthening of their spine and used augmented reality goggles during his maintenance tasks.
  Mogensen left the station on September 11, 2015. Sergey Volkov was the ascent pilot (TMA-18M) and Gennady Padalka was the descent pilot (TMA-16M). The crew landed at 00:51 UTC on September 12, 2015, just over three hours after departing the ISS.
  Mogensen received the Danish Royal Medal of Recompense for his efforts.
caption: Mogensen exercising in the Destiny Laboratory
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