Overview
- Sophie Adenot remains aboard the International Space Station on her first long‑duration mission and continues to run station operations and research.
- NASA has advanced the launch of the next ISS crew to September, a move that could end Adenot’s mission earlier than the eight‑to‑nine months originally planned and require changes to handover timing.
- Adenot is participating in roughly 200 experiments and may still conduct a spacewalk, but an accelerated turnover would compress time for some studies and require rapid rescheduling.
- She has been active in public engagement from orbit, sharing high‑resolution Earth photos (she says she has two terabytes to publish) and planning a six‑month to one‑year European tour after return.
- Adenot described an emotional exchange with the returning Artemis II astronauts and highlighted routine life on the ISS, noting minor issues like a toilet malfunction fixed within half a day and that long hair poses no safety problem when managed.