ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen stepping out of the plane at Ellington Field, Texas, US after splashing down with Crew-7 earlier that day.
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen flew with his Crew-7 crewmates Jasmin Moghbeli (NASA), Satoshi Furukawa (JAXA), and Konstantin Borisov (Roscosmos) to Ellington Field near Houston, Texas, US, after spending six months on the International Space Station and returning to Earth in the Dragon Endurance.
Crew-7 splashed down off the coast of Florida, US, close to Pensacola, at 09:47 GMT/10:47 on 12 March 2024, following a nearly 19-hour journey after undocking from the Space Station.
Andreas spent 199 days in space during his Huginn mission, 197 of them on the Space Station. During this time, he conducted more than 30 European experiments and technology demonstrations, as well as many international ones. From filtering waste water and figuring out astronauts’ sleep in space, to capturing the image of a special lightning called a red sprite, Andreas shared the science he conducted with the world through his social media, l like the mythical bird that gave its name to his mission
Huginn is named after one of the two ravens of the Norse god Odin, the other being Muninn. According to Norse mythology, the two ravens are said to fly into the world every day, gathering information and relaying it to Odin at the end of the day, telling him what they have seen across the globe.