Sophie Adenot to Splash Down October 8 After 200-Day ISS Record Mission
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Updated · European Space Agency · Oct 6
Sophie Adenot to Splash Down October 8 After 200-Day ISS Record Mission
1 articles · Updated · European Space Agency · Oct 6
Summary
Crew-12 is set to undock from the International Space Station at 12:05 GMT on October 7 and splash down off California at 15:34 GMT on October 8, ending Sophie Adenot’s first space mission.
Dragon will back away from the Harmony module, fire a series of departure burns and re-enter through temperatures of up to 1,600°C before recovery teams pick up the four astronauts after nearly eight months in orbit.
Adenot set a new European mark for the longest single spaceflight, hitting 200 consecutive days aboard the station on September 3 and surpassing Luca Parmitano’s 200-day mission.
The French astronaut also became the first French woman to conduct a spacewalk, completing three EVAs in 14 days for a total of 19 hours and 42 minutes, before heading to ESA’s Cologne center for post-flight work.