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'''Marcus Wandt''' (born September 22, 1980) is a Swedish test pilot and member of the [[2022 European Space Agency Astronaut Group]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biographies of the ESA Reserve Astronauts: Marcus Wandt |url=http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/candidates/reserve/english/wandt_marcus.htm |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=www.spacefacts.de}}</ref> In January 2024, he became the third [[Sweden|Swedish]] astronaut to visit space, after [[Christer Fuglesang]] and [[Jessica Meir]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Astronauten Marcus Wandt blir näste svensk i rymden | publisher=[[Government of Sweden]] | date=2023-06-16 | url=https://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2023/06/astronauten-marcus-wandt-blir-naste-svensk-i-rymden/ | language=sv | access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref><ref name="ESA f415">{{cite web | title=Muninn mission: ESA project astronaut Marcus Wandt | website=European Space Agency | url=https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/muninn | access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref>
'''Marcus Wandt''' (born September 21, 1980) is a Swedish test pilot and member of the [[2022 European Space Agency Astronaut Group]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biographies of the ESA Reserve Astronauts: Marcus Wandt |url=http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/candidates/reserve/english/wandt_marcus.htm |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=www.spacefacts.de}}</ref> In January 2024, he became the third [[Sweden|Swedish]] astronaut to visit space, after [[Christer Fuglesang]] and [[Jessica Meir]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Astronauten Marcus Wandt blir näste svensk i rymden | publisher=[[Government of Sweden]] | date=2023-06-16 | url=https://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2023/06/astronauten-marcus-wandt-blir-naste-svensk-i-rymden/ | language=sv | access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref><ref name="ESA f415">{{cite web | title=Muninn mission: ESA project astronaut Marcus Wandt | website=European Space Agency | url=https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/muninn | access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref>


== Pre-ESA Career ==
== Pre-ESA Career ==
From 2003 to 2014, Wandt was a fighter pilot in the [[Swedish Air Force]], flying the [[Saab JAS 39 Gripen]]. In 2004, he joined the Swedish Air Force Flying Training School, where he received basic flight training. He received a master's degree in electrical engineering from [[Chalmers University of Technology]] in 2007. From 2013 to 2014, he trained at the [[United States Naval Test Pilot School]] where he graduated at the top of his class to become an experimental test pilot. In 2014 he joined [[Saab AB|SAAB Aeronautics]] as an experimental test pilot, before being promoted to chief test pilot and head of flight operations in 2020.
From 2003 to 2014, Wandt was a fighter pilot in the [[Swedish Air Force]], flying the [[Saab JAS 39 Gripen]]. In 2004, he joined the Swedish Air Force Flying Training School, where he received basic flight training. He received a master's degree in electrical engineering from [[Chalmers University of Technology]] in 2007. From 2013 to 2014, he trained at the [[United States Naval Test Pilot School]] where he graduated at the top of his class to become an experimental test pilot. In 2014 he joined [[Saab AB|SAAB Aeronautics]] as an experimental test pilot, before being promoted to chief test pilot and head of flight operations in 2020. He is also a member of the Swedish skeptics association [[Föreningen Vetenskap och Folkbildning|Vetenskap och Folkbildning]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.vof.se/blogg/vof-flyger-hogt-pa-bokmassan-2024/ |title=VoF flyger högt på Bokmässan 2024 |trans-title=VoF flies high at the Book Fair 2024 |year=2024 |language=sv }}</ref>


== ESA career ==
== Euoropean Space Agency career ==
[[File:ESA astronaut announcement Class of 2022 (52519699154).jpg|thumb|Marcus Wandt during [[European Space Agency|ESA]] astronaut announcement, 2022]]
[[File:ESA astronaut announcement Class of 2022 (52519699154).jpg|thumb|Marcus Wandt during [[European Space Agency|ESA]] astronaut announcement, 2022]]


Wandt credits his wife with discovering and showing him the ESA application.<ref>{{cite web | last=Radio | first=Sveriges | title=Han är Sveriges nya astronaut – frun tipsade om annonsen | website=[[Sveriges Radio]] | date=2023-10-12 | url=https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/han-ar-sveriges-nya-astronaut-frun-tipsade-om-annonsen | language=sv | access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref> ESA chose Marcus and 16 others, out of a total of approximately 22,500 applicants.<ref>{{cite web | last=Nyheter | first=SVT | title=Marcus Wandt blir Sveriges nya astronaut: "Otroligt stolt" | website=SVT Nyheter | date=2023-06-16 | url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/marcus-wandt-blir-nasta-svensk-i-rymden | language=sv | access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref>
Wandt credits his wife with discovering and showing him the ESA application.<ref>{{cite web | last=Radio | first=Sveriges | title=Han är Sveriges nya astronaut – frun tipsade om annonsen | website=[[Sveriges Radio]] | date=2023-10-12 | url=https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/han-ar-sveriges-nya-astronaut-frun-tipsade-om-annonsen | language=sv | access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref> ESA chose Marcus and 16 others, out of a total of approximately 22,500 applicants.<ref>{{cite web | last=Nyheter | first=SVT | title=Marcus Wandt blir Sveriges nya astronaut: "Otroligt stolt" | website=SVT Nyheter | date=2023-06-16 | url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/marcus-wandt-blir-nasta-svensk-i-rymden | language=sv | access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref>
In November 2022, Wandt was chosen as a member of ESA class of reserve astronauts<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marcus Wandt |url=https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Astronauts/Marcus_Wandt |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=www.esa.int |language=en}}</ref> and June 2023, ESA proposed Marcus Wandt for an upcoming flight from [[Axiom Mission 3]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=15 June 2023|date=15 June 2023|language=en|title=N° 28–2023: ESA proposes Marcus Wandt from Sweden to fly on a future Axiom space mission|url=https://www.esa.int/Newsroom/Press_Releases/ESA_proposes_Marcus_Wandt_from_Sweden_to_fly_on_a_future_Axiom_space_mission|website=[[European space agency]]}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref> As a consequence he transitioned from reserve to "project astronaut" status.
In November 2022, Wandt was chosen as a member of ESA class of reserve astronauts<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marcus Wandt |url=https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Astronauts/Marcus_Wandt |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=www.esa.int |language=en}}</ref> and June 2023, ESA proposed Marcus Wandt for an upcoming flight from [[Axiom Mission 3]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=15 June 2023|date=15 June 2023|language=en|title=N° 28–2023: ESA proposes Marcus Wandt from Sweden to fly on a future Axiom space mission|url=https://www.esa.int/Newsroom/Press_Releases/ESA_proposes_Marcus_Wandt_from_Sweden_to_fly_on_a_future_Axiom_space_mission|website=[[European Space Agency]]}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref> As a consequence he transitioned from reserve to "project astronaut" status.


Wandt is the first of any of the 2022 ESA astronauts to undertake a mission,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marcus Wandt will fly to International Space Station on third Axiom Space mission |url=https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Marcus_Wandt_will_fly_to_International_Space_Station_on_third_Axiom_Space_mission |access-date=2023-09-15 |website=www.esa.int |language=en}}</ref> and the fastest-trained astronaut in history; by contrast, [[Christer Fuglesang]], the first Swede in space, flew 14 years after selection.<ref>{{cite web | last=Campanello | first=Simon | title=Marcus Wandt: "Jag blir astronaut i rekordfart" | website=[[Dagens Nyheter]] | date=2023-12-31 | url=https://www.dn.se/sverige/marcus-wandt-jag-blir-astronaut-i-rekordfart/ | language=sv | access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref> The mission is called "Muninn"<ref>{{cite web|access-date=16 June 2023|date=16 June 2023|language=en|title=Muninn mission patch and name|url=https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2023/06/Muninn_mission_patch_and_name|website=[[Agence spatiale européenne]]}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref> and coincides with the "Huginn" mission of Danish [[European Space Agency]] astronaut [[Andreas Mogensen]] aboard the [[International Space Station]].<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Robert Lea |date=2023-06-20 |title=Swedish astronaut 'fast-tracked' to join crew of upcoming private Axiom Space mission |url=https://www.space.com/swedish-astronaut-joins-crew-axiom-space-private-space-mission |access-date=2023-09-12 |website=Space.com |language=en}}</ref> [[Huginn and Muninn]] are a pair of ravens in Norse mythology.
Wandt is the first of any of the 2022 ESA astronauts to undertake a mission,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marcus Wandt will fly to International Space Station on third Axiom Space mission |url=https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Marcus_Wandt_will_fly_to_International_Space_Station_on_third_Axiom_Space_mission |access-date=2023-09-15 |website=www.esa.int |language=en}}</ref> and the fastest-trained astronaut in history; by contrast, [[Christer Fuglesang]], the first Swede in space, flew 14 years after selection.<ref>{{cite web | last=Campanello | first=Simon | title=Marcus Wandt: "Jag blir astronaut i rekordfart" | website=[[Dagens Nyheter]] | date=2023-12-31 | url=https://www.dn.se/sverige/marcus-wandt-jag-blir-astronaut-i-rekordfart/ | language=sv | access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref> The mission was called "Muninn"<ref>{{cite web|access-date=16 June 2023|date=16 June 2023|language=en|title=Muninn mission patch and name|url=https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2023/06/Muninn_mission_patch_and_name|website=[[Agence spatiale européenne]]}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref> and coincides with the "Huginn" mission of Danish [[European Space Agency]] astronaut [[Andreas Mogensen]] aboard the [[International Space Station]].<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Robert Lea |date=2023-06-20 |title=Swedish astronaut 'fast-tracked' to join crew of upcoming private Axiom Space mission |url=https://www.space.com/swedish-astronaut-joins-crew-axiom-space-private-space-mission |access-date=2023-09-12 |website=Space.com |language=en}}</ref> [[Huginn and Muninn]] are a pair of ravens in Norse mythology.


A total of {{SEK|400,000,000|link=yes}}, about ({{USD|47,000,000|link=yes}}) with exchange rate at the time, has been invested in the mission.<ref>{{cite web | last=Nyheter | first=SVT | title=Marcus Wandt blir Sveriges nya astronaut: "Otroligt stolt" | website=SVT Nyheter | date=2023-06-16 | url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/marcus-wandt-blir-nasta-svensk-i-rymden | language=sv | access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref> [[Saab AB|Saab]] is the largest private investor in the mission.<ref>{{cite web | last=| first= | title=Saab-pilot nästa svensk i rymden | website=Affärsvärlden | date=2023-06-17 | url=https://www.affarsvarlden.se/artikel/saab-pilot-nasta-svensk-i-rymden | language=sv | access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref>
A total of {{SEK|400,000,000|link=yes}}, about ({{USD|47,000,000|link=yes}}) with exchange rate at the time, has been invested in the mission.<ref>{{cite web | last=Nyheter | first=SVT | title=Marcus Wandt blir Sveriges nya astronaut: "Otroligt stolt" | website=SVT Nyheter | date=2023-06-16 | url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/marcus-wandt-blir-nasta-svensk-i-rymden | language=sv | access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref> [[Saab AB|Saab]] was the largest private investor in the mission.<ref>{{cite web | last=| first= | title=Saab-pilot nästa svensk i rymden | website=Affärsvärlden | date=2023-06-17 | url=https://www.affarsvarlden.se/artikel/saab-pilot-nasta-svensk-i-rymden | language=sv | access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref>


[[Swedish National Space Agency]] together with Swedish researchers provided a lot of suggestions for research to undertake in space during Wandt's mission. Research planned during the space mission includes stem cell research led by [[Uppsala University]] and improved cognition research led by [[KTH Royal Institute of Technology]].<ref name="Rymdstyrelsen 2023 e629">{{cite web | title=Sveriges nya astronaut | website=[[Swedish National Space Agency]] | date=2023-06-16 | url=https://www.rymdstyrelsen.se/upptack-rymden/manniskan-och-rymden/marcus-wandt/ | language=sv | access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref>
[[Swedish National Space Agency]] together with Swedish researchers provided a lot of suggestions for research to undertake in space during Wandt's mission. Research planned during the space mission included stem cell research led by [[Uppsala University]] and improved cognition research led by [[KTH Royal Institute of Technology]].<ref name="Rymdstyrelsen 2023 e629">{{cite web | title=Sveriges nya astronaut | website=[[Swedish National Space Agency]] | date=2023-06-16 | url=https://www.rymdstyrelsen.se/upptack-rymden/manniskan-och-rymden/marcus-wandt/ | language=sv | access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref>

The [[Axiom Mission 3]] took place 18 January 2024 to 9 February 2024 and included 18 days stay at International Space Station.


== References ==
== References ==
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Marcus Wandt
andt during announcement of ESA Astronaut Class of 2022
Wandt at announcement of ESA Astronaut Class of 2022
Born (1980-09-22) September 22, 1980 (age 44)
Mora, Sweden
StatusActive
NationalitySwedish, Norwegian[1]
Alma materChalmers University of Technology
OccupationTest pilot
Space career
ESA Project Astronaut
RankLt. Colonel
Time in space
21d 15h 41m
MissionsAxiom-3
Notes

Marcus Wandt (born September 21, 1980) is a Swedish test pilot and member of the 2022 European Space Agency Astronaut Group.[8] In January 2024, he became the third Swedish astronaut to visit space, after Christer Fuglesang and Jessica Meir.[9][10]

Pre-ESA Career

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From 2003 to 2014, Wandt was a fighter pilot in the Swedish Air Force, flying the Saab JAS 39 Gripen. In 2004, he joined the Swedish Air Force Flying Training School, where he received basic flight training. He received a master's degree in electrical engineering from Chalmers University of Technology in 2007. From 2013 to 2014, he trained at the United States Naval Test Pilot School where he graduated at the top of his class to become an experimental test pilot. In 2014 he joined SAAB Aeronautics as an experimental test pilot, before being promoted to chief test pilot and head of flight operations in 2020. He is also a member of the Swedish skeptics association Vetenskap och Folkbildning.[11]

Euoropean Space Agency career

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Marcus Wandt during ESA astronaut announcement, 2022

Wandt credits his wife with discovering and showing him the ESA application.[12] ESA chose Marcus and 16 others, out of a total of approximately 22,500 applicants.[13] In November 2022, Wandt was chosen as a member of ESA class of reserve astronauts[14] and June 2023, ESA proposed Marcus Wandt for an upcoming flight from Axiom Mission 3.[15] As a consequence he transitioned from reserve to "project astronaut" status.

Wandt is the first of any of the 2022 ESA astronauts to undertake a mission,[16] and the fastest-trained astronaut in history; by contrast, Christer Fuglesang, the first Swede in space, flew 14 years after selection.[17] The mission was called "Muninn"[18] and coincides with the "Huginn" mission of Danish European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen aboard the International Space Station.[19] Huginn and Muninn are a pair of ravens in Norse mythology.

A total of 400,000,000 kr, about (US$47,000,000) with exchange rate at the time, has been invested in the mission.[20] Saab was the largest private investor in the mission.[21]

Swedish National Space Agency together with Swedish researchers provided a lot of suggestions for research to undertake in space during Wandt's mission. Research planned during the space mission included stem cell research led by Uppsala University and improved cognition research led by KTH Royal Institute of Technology.[22]

The Axiom Mission 3 took place 18 January 2024 to 9 February 2024 and included 18 days stay at International Space Station.

References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marcus Wandt.
  1. ^ "Svensknorsk astronaut klar for romstasjonen". Norsk Romsenter (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  2. ^ "Astronauts: Marcus Wandt". European Space Agency. 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  3. ^ "Marcus Wandt". European Space Agency. 2023-10-10. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  4. ^ "Marcus Wandt". Merinfo (in Swedish). 2023-12-31. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  5. ^ "Marcus Wandt i intensiv träning". Swedish National Space Agency (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  6. ^ "Marcus Wandt". Axiom Space. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  7. ^ "Utbildning vid USNTPS". Swedish Armed Forces (in Swedish). 2014-06-28. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  8. ^ "Biographies of the ESA Reserve Astronauts: Marcus Wandt". www.spacefacts.de. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  9. ^ "Astronauten Marcus Wandt blir näste svensk i rymden" (in Swedish). Government of Sweden. 2023-06-16. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  10. ^ "Muninn mission: ESA project astronaut Marcus Wandt". European Space Agency. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  11. ^ "VoF flyger högt på Bokmässan 2024" [VoF flies high at the Book Fair 2024] (in Swedish). 2024.
  12. ^ Radio, Sveriges (2023-10-12). "Han är Sveriges nya astronaut – frun tipsade om annonsen". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  13. ^ Nyheter, SVT (2023-06-16). "Marcus Wandt blir Sveriges nya astronaut: "Otroligt stolt"". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  14. ^ "Marcus Wandt". www.esa.int. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  15. ^ "N° 28–2023: ESA proposes Marcus Wandt from Sweden to fly on a future Axiom space mission". European Space Agency. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023..
  16. ^ "Marcus Wandt will fly to International Space Station on third Axiom Space mission". www.esa.int. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  17. ^ Campanello, Simon (2023-12-31). "Marcus Wandt: "Jag blir astronaut i rekordfart"". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  18. ^ "Muninn mission patch and name". Agence spatiale européenne. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023..
  19. ^ Robert Lea (2023-06-20). "Swedish astronaut 'fast-tracked' to join crew of upcoming private Axiom Space mission". Space.com. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  20. ^ Nyheter, SVT (2023-06-16). "Marcus Wandt blir Sveriges nya astronaut: "Otroligt stolt"". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  21. ^ "Saab-pilot nästa svensk i rymden". Affärsvärlden (in Swedish). 2023-06-17. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  22. ^ "Sveriges nya astronaut". Swedish National Space Agency (in Swedish). 2023-06-16. Retrieved 2023-12-31.


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