Marcus Wandt was selected as a standby project astronaut in 2022. Now, the European Space Agency has a spot for him in space: the Axiom Space Ax-3 mission expected to fly in January 2024.
The Swedish Space Corp launched a research rocket on Monday, but a malfunction brought the rocket down inside neighboring Norway. "This is a deviation that we take seriously. We are now investigating the reason why the rocket flew further northwest than nominal," Marko Kohberg, Head of Sounding rocket and Balloon operations at Esrange Space Center,
The rocket performed a number of microgravity experiments before returning to Earth, but what caused the deviation from its return flight path has yet to be determined.
Swedish Space Corp (SSC) says it will invest in sustainable social development through a number of initiatives. Among the initiatives is the newly inaugurated S