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The mission started at 12:27 GMT. Twenty minutes later, Sophie Adenot was as soon as once more out within the vacuum of house across the ISS, alongside her crewmate, American astronaut Anil Menon.
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The 44-year-old Frenchwoman had already accomplished her first spacewalk, on 18 August, with Anil Menon, and says she “cherished working within the vacuum of house”.
The 2 astronauts spent greater than six hours exterior the ISS, simply sufficient time to take away the defective House-to-Floor antenna, the one NASA engineers name SGANT.
The gear is utilized by the ISS for its communications with Houston.
Sophie Adenot and Anil Menon had struggled with cussed bolts and connectors, and the 2 astronauts didn’t have time to exchange SGANT with a brand new antenna.
The purpose of this second spacewalk is to complete the job: retrieve the brand new antenna, set up it and transfer SGANT to its storage location.
If no bolts or unexpected issues sluggish them down, the 2 astronauts additionally plan to reinstall the “retroreflector” on the skin of the station.
In February this yr, Sophie Adenot turned the second French girl to fly into house. Claudie Haigneré went earlier than her, in 1996 and 2001.
