While training in Houston, Texas, French astronaut Sophie Adino tested the spacesuit that will be required to fly missions on the International Space Station (ISS).
“I have the impression that this adventure is a daydream outside the International Space Station (ISS).”
The helicopter pilot is currently in Houston, Texas, where she is training alongside astronauts from the European Space Agency (ESA). Over the course of six months, you will acquire all the skills necessary to perform a spacewalk.
“The coolest thing I did this week was test a pressurized spacesuit for the first time, with the same delta B pressure as if you were in space. Woohoo 🤩 “, she wrote on Elon Musk's social network.
An International Space Station mission is planned for spring 2026
The 41-year-old Frenchwoman was able to benefit from the valuable advice given to her by Christina Koch, the American astronaut who spent a little less than a year in orbit around the Earth. She has also flown six missions alongside the space station, making her one of the most experienced women at NASA. It has also been selected to participate in the highly anticipated Artemis-II mission, which plans to transport astronauts around the moon by 2025.
Sophie Adeno will be the first astronaut from the 2022 European astronaut class to fly to the International Space Station, in the spring of 2026. She will thus be the second French astronaut in history to enter orbit, thirty years after Claudie Hennery. “Real pride! Sophie Adeno is a model of feminine scientific commitment for all our young girls,” declared the Minister of Research, Sylvie Retilio.
“Hardcore beer fanatic. Falls down a lot. Professional coffee fan. Music ninja.”
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