Washington, United States, Aug 18, 2026 (AFP) - ISS hosts first spacewalk by a Frenchwoman

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Sophie Adenot became the first French female astronaut to venture outside the International Space Station (ISS) for a spacewalk on Tuesday, accompanied by American astronaut Anil Menon. During the nearly six-and-a-half hour mission, the two astronauts attempted to replace an antenna that allows the ISS to communicate with mission control in Houston, according to NASA. "I'm out," Adenot, 44, said after exiting the ISS, some 400 kilometers (250 mil......

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