Late August ESA astronaut Marcus Wandt invited his colleagues from Axiom Space mission Ax-3 to Sweden, and here they visited Saab and the Swedish Astronomical Youth Association, among others. We had the chance to both meet them for an interview at Saab and moderate a conversation with them at SAYA. Let´s hear Michael López-Alegría, Walter Villadei, Alper Gezeravcı, and Marcus Wandt and their thoughts on space travel, dreams and the future!

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Just over a year after Marcus Wandt was selected to ESA's astronaut reserve, it is time for him to go to the International Space Station as ESA's first project astronaut ever. We talk to him about what this means for the Swedish and European space industry in general. We also meet up with Adrianos Golemis, ESA Flight surgeon and responsible for Marcus' health, and Luca Anniciello, Increment training lead, and the person who ensures that the astronauts' training is adapted to that particular astronaut's mission. And, we have a chat with Alexis DeJarnette, Public Affairs Officer at Axiom Space who talks about the AX-3 mission and the future of the private space market.
Have we gone to Mars yet? is produced in collaboration with Saab.

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Have we gone to Mars yet? visits Japan and Professor Masaki Fujimoto, Deputy Director General at JAXA’s Institute of Space and Astronautical Science to talk about a few of JAXA's space missions. All of them small steps towards the long-term goal to land on planet Mars.

Hayabusa 2 was a sample return mission to the primordial asteroid Ryugu, launched in December 2014 with the samples returned in December 2020.

We also hear about MMX - Martian Moons eXploration, a sample return mission to Phobos, the inner of Mars’s two moons, which will be launched sometime in 2024.

And of course, the recent SLIM mission - Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon, that was launched on the 7th of September this year, and will reach the Moon sometime in the beginning of 2024.

もう 火星に 行った？

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