Sophie Adenot becomes first French woman to spacewalk

scienceAug 18, 202615580

Sophie Adenot became the first French woman to conduct a spacewalk Tuesday, exiting the International Space Station with NASA astronaut Anil Menon for a roughly six and a half hour extravehicular activity to replace a Ku band high-speed communications antenna. Adenot, 44, said "I'm out" after leaving the station and "I feel very good now," and NASA footage captured the two astronauts chatting and laughing during the operation. Adenot is the second European woman to spacewalk after Italy's Samantha Cristoforetti in 2022 and the second Frenchwoman to fly to space after Claudie Haigneré; she arrived at the ISS in mid February. French President Emmanuel Macron praised Adenot as "the embodiment of French pride" and "the face of all possibilities." Flight engineer Jack Hathaway and station commander Jessica Meir monitored the spacewalk from inside the station and operated the robotic arm as needed. The replaced antenna is key to high speed communications and data transmission between the ISS and mission control in Houston, according to NASA, so the EVA restores an important link for station operations.

ESA Exploration

@exploration.esa.int

🔓✨ The hatch is open! @esa.int astronaut Sophie Adenot stepped outside the International Space Station for the first time. This is the 31st spacewalk by a European astronaut, the first for Sophie, and the first by a French woman astronaut. 👩‍🚀🎉

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ESA Exploration29

Together with Anil Menon, Sophie will replace a failed space-to-ground communications antenna during today's spacewalk. Sophie is EV2, wearing the unmarked white spacesuit, while lead spacewalker Anil is EV1 in the suit with red stripes. 👩‍🚀🚀 Follow live ▶️ watch.esa.int/Two/

Katrijn3

When you see astronauts working outside the ISS, you really get a sense of its sheer size. That ‘little thingy’ is a proper behemoth. What incredible views today! 💙

European Space Agency

@esa.int

🔴 Spacewalk in progress. ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronaut Anil Menon are outside the International Space Station. 📺 Follow the EVA live www.youtube.com/live/xgx9mTZ... 🎵Enjoy this soothing ambient playlist for watching astronauts work among the stars open.spotify.com/playlist/02P...

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Leo Enright8

Historic moment: the first French woman to conduct a space walk! This one is real grunt work, as in: there's a lot of grunting going on to unscrew sticky cable connectors. (The dish antenna is in "birdbath mode", locked in position facing "up" away from the space station)

E. Bottlaender

@bottlaeric.bsky.social

Pensée pour elle, c'est demain ! Sophie Adenot, qui fait partie de l'équipage de l'ISS depuis février, a l'occasion d'être la première femme française à effectuer une sortie EVA. Elle sortira avec Anil Menon pour remplacer une antenne de communication haut débit sur la poutre centrale de l'ISS.

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Le Monde

@lemonde.fr

Sophie Adenot va devenir la première Française à sortir dans l’espace

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⛧𝔚𝔶𝔯𝔡 𝔚𝔬𝔯𝔡 𝔚𝔦𝔱𝔠𝔥⛧4

Qui regarde la sortie dans l'espace de Sophie aujourd'hui? 🌌 #spacesky

Citoyen du Monde 🌍☮️☯️🌎3

C'est bien ça l'occupe. 🙄

Sanmibor

@sanmibor.bsky.social

Je dirais même qu'on entend moins parler de Sophie Adenot que de Thomas Pesquet MAINTENANT, alors qu'il est sur Terre depuis longtemps. Le nombre de personnes qui parlaient de Thomas Pesquet mercredi pendant l'éclipse, sans un mot pour Adenot... Elle est complètement invisibilisée

279h ago

French Aid to Europe 🇫🇷🇪🇺

@aidefranceukr.bsky.social

Today, French astronaut Sophie Adenot will make history by becoming the first Frenchwoman to perform a spacewalk. She will be accompanied by NASA astronaut Anil Menon as they replace a crucial piece of equipment on the ISS. @armee-air-espace.bsky.social @oliviapenichou.bsky.social

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French Aid to Europe 🇫🇷🇪🇺25

Une fierté pour l’armée de l’Air et de l’Espace, pour la France et pour l’Europe. 🇫🇷🇪🇺 Soyons nombreux à assister à cet événement historique ce mardi. @armee-air-espace.bsky.social @oliviapenichou.bsky.social @armeesgouv.bsky.social

ESA en français

@fr.esa.int

🚀 Moment historique ! Sophie Adenot a franchi l’écoutille de l’ISS pour sa première sortie extravéhiculaire. Il s’agit de la 31e sortie effectuée par un astronaute européen et de la toute première par une femme astronaute française.

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Starship Celtica ☀️

@starshipceltica.bsky.social

Sophie Adenot prepares for her first spacewalk www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... ESA astronauts Sophie Adenot & NASA's Jessica Meir pose for a portrait inside the ISS’s Quest airlock. Adenot was trying on a spacesuit to verify its comfort, mobility, and functionality with assistance from Meir.

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Ranked News

@rankednews.bsky.social

NOW - NASA astronaut Anil Menon and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot are now For daily global news videos, please visit Ranked.News/videos

114h ago

FRANCE 24

@france24.com

👩‍🚀🇫🇷 Elle vient de débuter sa sortie dans l'espace et pour encore environ six heures ! #SophieAdenot va rester hors de la station spatiale internationale pour effectuer des réparations. Les précisions avec notre journaliste Sylvain Rousseau ⤵️

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Jonathan Serrie

@jonathanserrie.bsky.social

NASA says American astronaut Anil Menon and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Sophie Adenot are “go” for a spacewalk Tuesday to swap out an aging high-speed data and communications antenna with a spare outside the International Space Station. | Image credit: NASA

Official portraits of NASA astronaut Anil Menon (left) and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot (right).

922h ago

its shiv!

@nuuclei.bsky.social

congratulations to sophie adenot for being the first frenchwoman to space walk!!!!!!!!

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ESA auf Deutsch

@de.esa.int

Morgen live: Der erste Außenbordeinsatz der ESA-Astronautin @soph-astro.esa.int! Gemeinsam mit dem NASA-Astronauten Anil Menon wird Sophie Adenot die ISS verlassen, um ein wichtiges Gerät an der Raumstation zu reparieren. 📺 Ab 13:00 Uhr MESZ auf ESA WebTV & YouTube. www.esa.int/Space_in_Mem...

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yellowstoneten

@yellowstoneten.bsky.social

Spacewalk EVA-97 is underway! NASA astronaut Anil Menon and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot (the first French woman to do a spacewalk) will be replacing a Ku-band antenna.

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ESA in italiano

@ita.esa.int

Segnate in agenda per domani! Seguiamo 👩‍🚀 Sophie Adenot dell' @esa.int in diretta a partire dalle 12:00 BST / 13:00 CEST martedì 📆 18 agosto 2026 su ESA WebTV e YouTube. Qui i dettagli e i link 👇 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... Aggiornamenti via @exploration.esa.int @esa.int

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