French astronaut takes third spacewalk outside ISS in all-female mission
French astronaut Sophie Adenot is taking her third spacewalk in two weeks and is leading rare all-female excursion outside ISS. The main mission is to replace a retroreflector, a device that align modules when they arrive towards the space station. Other maintenance operations are planned. The whole excursion is supposed to last between six and six and a half hours. It is only the sixth…
On Tuesday, September 1, 2026, NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot successfully completed a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. Their mission involved replacing a spacecraft docking aid and a video camera. Despite Adenot's spacesuit developing a mobility issue during the six-hour and 49-minute EVA, the pair managed to complete most of their tasks.
Meir, who has now completed seven spacewalks, is third among all women astronauts at NASA for the total number of EVA. Adenot, whose third spacewalk, has spent a total of 19 hours and 42 minutes in space. This particular spacewalk marked the 284th supporting the International Space Station's assembly, maintenance, and upgrades and was the seventh spacewalk in the year, fifth EVA for Expedition 75, and the sixth all-female spacewalk in history.
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