Sophie Adenot 🛰️
European Space Agency
Between 2001 and 2003, Sophie studied engineering and graduated from ISAE-SUPAERO in Toulouse, France, where she specialised in spacecraft and aircraft flight dynamics. She then completed a Master of Science in human factors engineering at MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, USA, in 2004. In 2005, Sophie joined the French Air Force for her basic military training and initial flying training to become a helicopter pilot. In 2018, she graduated with honours as a helicopter test pilot from the Empire Test Pilots’ School in Boscombe Down, UK. She was awarded the Mac Kenna trophy and the Patuxtent Shield. Between 2019 and 2022, Sophie worked as a helicopter experimental test pilot in Cazaux Flight Test Center with DGA (Direction Générale de l’Armement – the French Defence Procurement Agency). She has logged 3000 hours and flew on 22 different helicopter types. She also holds a military parachute license, a light aircraft pilot license and a glider pilot license.
Wikipedia →
📰 News
In den frühen Morgenstunden wurde die zweite EVA von Sophie Adenot, bei der eine Hochgeschwindigkeits-Bodenfunkantenne installiert wurde, nach gut 6,5 Stunden beendet. Für den 1. September ist bereits ihre dritte EVA geplant, bei der ein Retroreflektor getauscht, Kabel installiert, vorbereitende Arbeiten am Kühlsystem des Alpha-Magnet-Spektrometers durchgeführt und eine HD-Kamera an der ISS ersetz
Um die bei der EVA-97 demontierte Bodenfunkantenne zu ersetzen führen morgen Dienstag, den 25. August 2026 Sophie Adenot und Anil Menon einen weiteren Außenboardeinsatz durch. Für die französische ESA Astronautin Sophie Adenot ist dies ihre zweite EVA. Die ESA übertägt die EVA ab 13 Uhr MESZ auf ESA WebTV und ihrem Youtubekanal. Der Beitrag 24. 8. 2026 – Morgen erfolgt der zweite Außenboardeinsatz
Nach 6 Stunden und 23 Minuten endete heute die EVA des NASA-Astronauts Anil Menon und der ESA-Astronautin Sophie Adenot. Eine ausgefallene Antenne wurde dabei demontiert und am Truss der ISS zwischengelagert. Mittels einer weiteren EVA wir eine Ersatzantenne montiert werden. Der Beitrag 18. 8. 2026 – 97. US-Außenbordeinsatz an der ISS erschien zuerst auf Raumfahrer.net .
Media are invited to hear from NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 astronauts during a news conference beginning at 2:45 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Sept. 16, from the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev will discuss their upcoming return to Earth. Learn where […]
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir successfully completed US EVA-99 at 21:29 CEST on Tuesday 1 September. It was Sophie’s third spacewalk, and the 33rd conducted by a European astronaut.
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot will take part in her third spacewalk during U.S. Spacewalk 99 on Tuesday 1 September. NASA live coverage will begin at 13:00 CEST, with the spacewalk expected to start at approximately 14:30 CEST and last around six and a half hours.
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronaut Anil Menon successfully completed US EVA-98 at 20:57 CEST on Tuesday 25 August. It was Sophie’s second spacewalk, and the 32nd conducted by a European astronaut.
From left, Expedition 75 flight engineers Anil Menon of NASA (partially obscured and wearing the spacesuit with a red stripe on the legs) and Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) work together during a six‑hour and 23‑minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Aug. 18, 2026. The pair will finish installing a high-speed […]
After a successful EVA-97 on Tuesday 18 August, watch ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot venture into the vacuum of space for the second time on Tuesday 25 August, during EVA-98.
Watch ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot venture into the vacuum of space for her first-ever spacewalk on Tuesday, 8 August.
From the ESA Blogs.
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot will take part in her first-ever spacewalk during U.S. Spacewalk 97. Together with NASA astronaut Anil Menon, she will replace a Space-to-Ground antenna on the International Space Station, a critical communications system that enables high-speed data and voice links between Mission Control in Houston and the space station.