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Spationaut Sophie Adenot will be first French woman to walk in space

Spationaut Sophie Adenot will be first French woman to walk in space
France 24 Tuesday 18 August 2026, 10:04 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Spationaut Sophie Adenot will be first French woman to walk in space Science Issued on: Share This French woman is making history. Sophie Adenot is set to become the first French woman to complete a space walk this Tuesday, when she conducts repairs to the outside of the ISS. She'll spend around 6h30 on the task, which is very physically demanding. Details by Ellen Gainsford.
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