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The ESA's Sophie Adenot will become the first French woman to conduct a spacewalk during the next excursion outside the International Space Station.

NASA's Jessica Meir and the ESA's Sophie Adenot will take part in just the sixth-ever spacewalk outside the ISS exclusively featuring women.

NASA astronauts planned to conduct two spacewalks in January to conduct repairs and upgrades to the International Space Station. The first spacewalk, which was set to take place on Jan. 8, was ...

Sophie Adenot is set to become the first French female astronaut to conduct a spacewalk – Copyright AFP/File Jim WATSON Sophie Adenot is set to become the first ...