Sophie Adenot became the first French woman to spacewalk on 18 August 2026, but the job she went outside to finish remains unfinished — stubborn electrical cables ate the time she needed to install a new antenna - Space Daily

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Aug 19, 2026

Sophie Adenot became the first French woman to spacewalk on 18 August 2026, but the job she went outside to finish remains unfinished — stubborn electrical cables ate the time she needed to install a new antenna - Space Daily

A historic milestone collided with the mundane reality of spacewalking: six hours is never quite enough when old wiring fights back.

The suits switched to battery power at 8:29 a.m. EDT on 18 August 2026, and the clock that governs every spacewalk began to run. Six hours and twenty-three minutes later, when the airlock was re-pres… [+4719 chars]

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