Astronaut, European Space Agency
International Baccalaureate, 1995, Copenhagen International School
M.Engr Aeronautical Engineering, 1999, Imperial College London
Ph.D., ASE 2007, The University of Texas at Austin
Andreas Mogensen was selected as a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut in May 2009 and completed the astronaut basic training programme at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany in November 2010.
Mogensen began his professional career as an engineer at Schlumberger Oilfield Services, where he worked as a drilling services engineer from 2000 to 2001. From 2001 to 2003, he worked at Vestas Wind Systems in Ringkøbing, Denmark, as a control systems engineer in the research and development department, where he designed control systems for wind turbines. While working towards his doctorate, Mogensen was a research assistant at the Center for Space Research and a teaching assistant in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin.
From 2007 to 2008, Mogensen worked as an attitude and orbit control systems engineer for HE Space Operations. He was subcontracted to Airbus in Friedrichshafen, Germany, for the duration of his employment, where he worked on ESA’s Swarm mission.
Before being selected as an astronaut, Mogensen was a research fellow at the Surrey Space Centre at the University of Surrey in the UK. His research focused on spacecraft guidance, navigation and control during entry, descent and landing for lunar missions. Alongside his astronaut duties, Mogensen is also an adjunct professor at both the Technical University of Denmark (DTU Space) and an adjunct lecturer at the University of Aalborg.
Mogensen became the first Danish citizen in space during the 10-day ‘iriss’ mission to the International Space Station on Sept. 2, 2015. While on the Space Station, Andreas worked as a flight engineer, performing experiments in a variety of areas. He also served as a flight engineer on Soyuz TMA-18M during launch and on Soyuz TMA-16M during his return flight.
On 26 August 26, 2023, Mogensen launched on his second mission, Huginn where he served as the first non-US pilot on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, and as commander of the International Space Station, a role which he held for more than five months. During the Huginn mission, Mogensen carried out experiments ranging from climate and materials science to human physiology and fundamental science. On 12 March 2024, after more than six months on the Space Station, Andreas and Crew-7 returned to Earth, splashing down near the coast of Florida.
In his free time Mogensen enjoys rugby, basketball and squash. He is also active in several adventure sports, including scuba diving, skydiving, kite surfing, kayaking and mountaineering. Other interests include science, in particular astrophysics, exobiology, and evolution.
