A new launch date has been set for the iriss mission: 4:34 GMT (6:34 CEST, 10:34 local time) on 2 September. How many days and hours is that? See the handy countdown timer to the right.

The location is unchanged, Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, seen here from space taken by colleague ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst:

14695014751_6521362957_oRead more in the article on the ESA website: https://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/iriss/Andreas_Mogensen_launch_moved_by_a_day