• Highlights of Sophie Adenot’s launch to the ISS MP4 [18.67 MB] SOURCE MP4 [314.91 MB] Thank you for liking You have already liked this page, you can only like it once! • Watch the highlights of the launch of ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot to the International Space Station (ISS) on Crew-12. • A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, USA, on Friday 13 February 2026 at 10:15 GMT/11:15 CET (5:15 local time). • Sophie flies as mission specialist. • The other Crew-12 members are NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, respectively commander and pilot of the mission, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev, mission specialist. • The French ESA astronaut is the first of her class, the Hoppers, to fly.
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- ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot launched to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 on 13 February 2026. The rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Centre’s Launch Complex 40 at 10:15 GMT (11:15 CET). Adenot, a mission specialist, joined NASA crew‑12 commander Jessica Meir, pilot Jack Hathaway, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev. She is the first member of ESA’s Hoppers class to fly and has chosen the mission name “εpsilon.” The nine‑month stay will involve European‑led scientific experiments, medical research, Earth‑observation support, and routine station operations.
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