French spacewalker Adenot helps remove failed ISS antenna; replacement postponed
TL;DR
NASA astronaut Anil Menon and ESA's Sophie Adenot spent 6 hours 23 minutes outside the International Space Station to remove a failed Space-to-Ground antenna from the Z-1 truss; the crew successfully detached the faulty dish but were not able to install the replacement due to time, leaving the task for a future EVA and pending mission-control scheduling decisions. Adenot becomes France's first female spacewalker.
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- Astronauts remove failed antenna; run out of time to install a spare Spaceflight Now
- NASA, ESA Astronauts Begin Spacewalk to Swap High-Speed Antenna NASA (.gov)
- Sophie Adenot becomes first French woman to conduct spacewalk at ISS Euronews.com
- Watch Sophie Adenot’s spacewalk live European Space Agency
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