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The mission started at 12:27 GMT. Twenty minutes later Sophie Adenot was as soon as once more out in open house across the ISS, accompanied by her crewmate, US astronaut Anil Menon.
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The 44-year-old Frenchwoman had already carried out 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 outdoors the ISS, simply lengthy sufficient to dismantle the defective Area-to-Floor antenna, recognized to NASA engineers as SGANT.
The gear permits the ISS to speak with Houston.
Sophie Adenot and Anil Menon got here up in opposition to cussed bolts and connectors, and the 2 astronauts didn’t have time to switch SGANT with a brand new antenna.
The goal of this second spacewalk is to complete the job: retrieve the brand new antenna, set up it and switch SGANT to its storage location.
If no bolts or different unexpected issues gradual them down, the 2 astronauts additionally plan to reinstall the “retroreflector” on the outside of the station.
In February, Sophie Adenot grew to become the second French lady to fly into house. Claudie Haigneré had gone earlier than her, in 1996 and 2001.
