Sophie Adenot to become first French woman to conduct spacewalk at ISS
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- The spacewalk is scheduled to start at around 1400 CET and last six and a half hours, with the goal of replacing a space-to-ground antenna on the orbital complex, according to NASA.S1
- The International Space Station (ISS) is set to host the first spacewalk by a French female on Tuesday. Sophie Adenot, 44, will be the second European woman to conduct an extravehicular walk, after Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti's mission in 2022.S2
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Sophie Adenot to become first French woman to conduct spacewalk at ISS
The spacewalk is scheduled to start at around 1400 CET and last six and a half hours, with the goal of replacing a space-to-ground antenna on the orbital complex, according to NASA…
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Sophie Adenot set to become first French female astronaut to venture outside ISS
The International Space Station (ISS) is set to host the first spacewalk by a French female on Tuesday. Sophie Adenot, 44, will be the second European woman to conduct an extravehi…
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Published Aug 18, 2026
What to know
- The spacewalk is scheduled to start at around 1400 CET and last six and a half hours, with the goal of replacing a space-to-ground antenna on the orbital complex, according to NASA.S1
- The International Space Station (ISS) is set to host the first spacewalk by a French female on Tuesday. Sophie Adenot, 44, will be the second European woman to conduct an extravehicular walk, after Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti's mission in 2022.S2
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