{"id":1161666,"date":"2026-08-21T18:41:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1161666\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T18:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:41:15","slug":"watch-sophie-adenots-second-spacewalk-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1161666\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Sophie Adenot\u2019s second spacewalk live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tScience &amp; Exploration<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t21\/08\/2026<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t12750 views<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t31 likes<\/p>\n<p>After a successful EVA-97 on Tuesday 18 August, watch ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot venture into the vacuum of space for the second time on Tuesday 25 August, during EVA-98.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Join the livestream coverage on <a href=\"https:\/\/watch.esa.int\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ESA WebTV<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/live\/xgx9mTZnjG4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ESA\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a> at 12:00 BST\/13:00 CEST.<\/p>\n<p>Together with NASA astronaut Anil Menon,\u00a0Sophie\u00a0will exit the International Space Station\u00a0from the Quest airlock\u00a0at\u00a0approximately 13:35 BST\/14:35\u00a0CEST to install a Space-To-Ground antenna (SGANT),\u00a0a critical communication system NASA uses to transmit data and enable high-speed communication between mission control in Houston and the Space Station.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2026\/08\/ESA_astronaut_Sophie_Adenot_during_EVA-976\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sophie working to remove the failed antenna during EVA-97<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anil and Sophie are expected to spend about six and a half hours outside the orbital complex, installing and connecting a spare antenna to restore full redundancy to the Station following the failure of SGANT 2 in November 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Sophie first exited the Station on 18 August during EVA-97. During\u00a0the 6-hour, 23-minute spacewalk, Sophie and Anil completed the removal of the failed antenna. Stuck bolts and connectors delayed the duo\u2019s work, preventing them from installing the spare antenna as planned during that first EVA.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On the day itself, Sophie and Anil will be helped into their suits by NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway. As Extravehicular Crew Member 1 (EV1), Anil will be\u00a0wearing red stripes on his\u00a0spacesuit, while Sophie\u00a0(EV2)\u00a0will wear a spacesuit without stripes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>From inside the Station, commander Jessica Meir and flight engineer Jack Hathaway will\u00a0operate\u00a0the Canadarm2 robotic arm to\u00a0assist\u00a0the spacewalkers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tSophie Adenot\u2019s second spacewalk, just one week after her first<br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\tFacts and figures<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2nd spacewalk by Sophie Adenot<\/li>\n<li>5th\u00a0French\u00a0astronaut to\u00a0perform\u00a0a\u00a0spacewalk<\/li>\n<li>13th\u00a0spacewalk\u00a0by a French\u00a0astronaut<\/li>\n<li>32nd spacewalk\u00a0by\u00a0a European astronaut\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>6th\u00a0spacewalk\u00a0during\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Science_Exploration\/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration\/epsilon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u03b5psilon<\/a>\u00a0mission\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Like<\/p>\n<p id=\"ezsr_just_rated_27415947\" class=\"ezsr-just-rated hide\">Thank you for liking<\/p>\n<p id=\"ezsr_has_rated_27415947\" class=\"ezsr-has-rated hide\">You have already liked this page, you can only like it once!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Science &amp; Exploration 21\/08\/2026 12750 views 31 likes After a successful EVA-97 on Tuesday 18 August, watch ESA&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1161667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3844],"tags":[19526,36,11366,70,216718,413,86518,16,15,3137],"class_list":["post-1161666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-astronaut","tag-france","tag-international-space-station","tag-science","tag-sophie-adenot","tag-space","tag-spacewalk","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-woman"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117134969173066996","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1161666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1161667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1161666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1161666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1161666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}