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Sophie Adenot will become the first French woman to venture into space

Astronaut Sophie Adenot will conduct a spacewalk for a repair at the International Space Station.

12 August 2026Tagblick Newsdesk

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Sophie Adenot, a French astronaut, will perform a spacewalk on August 18. This mission will mark a first for a French woman in space.

She will be accompanied by an American colleague for a repair task on the International Space Station's transmission system, located approximately 400 kilometers from Earth, expected to last six and a half hours.

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