French Astronaut Sophie Adenot Conducts Second Spacewalk in a Week
Sophie Adenot, the first French woman to perform a spacewalk, returned outside the International Space Station on August 25, 2026, to replace an antenna.
The International Space Station as seen from the departing Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-119 . In view are the four pairs of solar arrays mounted along the newly-completed Integrated Truss Structure . The newest and final part of the ITS, launched on this mission, is the S6 truss and arrays, visible to the far left of this image. · Photo by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Q23548) · Public domain · Source: wikimedia
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One week after making history as the first French woman to perform a spacewalk, astronaut Sophie Adenot ventured outside the International Space Station (ISS) again on Tuesday, August 25, 2026. During this second spacewalk, her mission was to replace an antenna on the ISS.
This follow-up spacewalk highlights Adenot's ongoing contributions to the maintenance and operation of the orbiting laboratory.
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