Marcus Wandt

From 2003 to 2014, Wandt was a fighter pilot in the Swedish Air Force. 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.

In November 2022, Wandt was chosen as a member of ESA class of reserve astronauts[2] and June 2023, ESA proposed Marcus Wandt for an upcoming flight from Axiom Mission 3.[3] As a consequence he transitioned from reserve to "project astronaut" status. He will be the first of any of the 2022 ESA astronauts to undertake a mission.[4] His mission is to be called "Muninn"[5] and will coincide with the "Huginn" mission of Danish European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen aboard the International Space Station.[6] Huginn and Muninn are a pair of ravens in Norse mythology.