![Sophie Adenot. [Pau Barrena / AFP]](/cdn-cgi/image/onerror=redirect,width=640,height=640,format=webp/https://storage.googleapis.com/uploads.mongoosehq.com/url/media/102481543/488526b1a344b28f9cafd8d4140c3270c1a45815f2877880b12333dfb78a7da4)
Overview
- Reports place liftoff within days, with publications citing either Thursday or Friday at 11:15 a.m. Paris time, reflecting pre-launch scheduling uncertainty.
- Sophie Adenot is set to become the second French woman to reach the ISS and the first French astronaut to head there since Thomas Pesquet in 2021.
- Across the Epsilon mission, she is slated to carry out about 200 experimental protocols, including roughly ten French-led studies supported by Cadmos in Toulouse.
- Planned human-physiology work includes EchoFinder ultrasound assessments, EchoBones imaging of skeletal effects in microgravity, and the PhysioTool crew monitoring regimen.
- Educational and technological activities feature the ChlorISS seed-germination project coordinated with classrooms and a culinary study exploring food in microgravity.