Swedish astronaut Marcus Wandt goes to space How to use the material Swedish astronaut Marcus Wandt and the rest of the Axiom Mission 3 crew members, were scheduled to be launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on 17 January 2024 at 23:11 CET. This post can be used on social media to write about the event.
The launch had to be postponed and will hopefully happen on 18 January instead, at 22:49 CET.
You can edit the date depending on if you make the post on 17 January or at a later time. Please make sure to credit the European Space Agency (ESA).
You could also share this post from ESA in your Instagram stories: ESA Instagram post
Images by ESA Download image (JPG 277 KB) Portrait of astronaut Marcus Wandt Download image (JPG 734 KB) Marcus Wandt training at the European Astronaut Centre Download image (JPG 722 KB) Marcus Wandt VR training at the European Astronaut Centre Captions Meet Marcus Wandt, a Swedish astronaut! Today, he will be the third Swede ever to go to space.
Marcus Wandt has a degree in engineering and has been a pilot and a test pilot for the Swedish Air Force.
When the European Space Agency put out a call for new astronauts, more than 22,500 people applied, including Marcus. He was selected to become an astronaut in November 2022. Impressive, right?
Marcus is part of the crew of Axiom Mission 3, which is going to the International Space Station. He will spend 14 days in space, performing around 30 scientific experiments. Marcus will for example help researchers at Uppsala university study the effects on microgravity on stem cells.
Researchers at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm will monitor Marcus’s stress levels, heart function and cognitive performance. This is part of a project to improve future astronauts’ living environment and help people working in dangerous environments on Earth, such as research stations in the Arctic and submarines.
Marcus will also take a Nobel Prize medal to space – the one that the Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf received in 1909.
We wish you best of luck, Marcus Wandt! 3… 2… 1… lift-off!
Photo: ESA - P. Sebirot
EDIT: Yesterday's launch had to be postponed and will hopefully happen today instead, at 22:49 CET.
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