France's Sophie Adenot makes history with first Frenchwoman spacewalk at the ISS
TL;DR
French astronaut Sophie Adenot became the first Frenchwoman to perform a spacewalk from the International Space Station, joining Anil Menon for a six-and-a-half-hour EVA to replace a space-to-ground antenna and enhance data links to mission control in Houston; she is the second European woman to spacewalk, following Samantha Cristoforetti, marking another milestone for France in human spaceflight.
- Sophie Adenot becomes first French woman to conduct spacewalk at ISS Euronews.com
- NASA, ESA Astronauts Begin Spacewalk to Swap High-Speed Antenna NASA (.gov)
- NASA astronaut and 1st female French spacewalker remove failed ISS antenna but run out of time for replacement Space
- Live: Space Station astronaut becomes first French woman to walk in space NewsNation
- Watch Sophie Adenot’s spacewalk live European Space Agency
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