Tonight he goes into quarantine with the rest of the crew so they don’t get sick or bring infection to the International Space Station.
“The send-off is fast approaching and I feel very ready to leave Earth. Now all that remains is quarantine and the very last preparations before my exciting space adventure begins,” says Marcus Wandt in a press release.
At the same time as Marcus Wandt, approximately another 20 people enter quarantine in three different quarantine facilities. In addition to the astronauts, medical personnel, spaceflight experts and those who work with the space suit will be quarantined.