French woman makes history with first spacewalk
NASA astronaut Anil Menon (L) and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot (R) work during their spacewalk outside the International Space Station. (AFP photo)
Sophie Adenot became the first French female astronaut to venture outside the International Space Station (ISS) for a spacewalk on Aug. 18, 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 miles) above the Earth. “I feel very good now.”
