{"id":803461,"date":"2026-08-24T02:37:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T07:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=803461"},"modified":"2026-08-24T02:37:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T07:37:33","slug":"watch-sophie-adenots-second-spacewalk-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=803461","title":{"rendered":"Watch Sophie Adenot\u2019s second spacewalk live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<header class=\"entry article__block\">\n\t<span class=\"pillar article__item\">Science &amp; Exploration<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>21\/08\/2026<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span><span id=\"viewcount\">13308<\/span><small> views<\/small><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span><span id=\"ezsr_total_27415947\">34<\/span><small> likes<\/small><\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"abstract article__block article__item\">\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<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\">\n<p>\t\t<span style=\"font-size: 1.1em;\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sophie Adenot&#039;s second spacewalk | U.S. Spacewalk 98 (Official broadcast)\" width=\"1110\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ejck4v8wTOk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Join the livestream coverage on ESA WebTV and ESA\u2019s YouTube channel at 12:00 BST\/13:00 CEST.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\">\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><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\">\n<figure class=\"article__image article__image--right\"><figcaption class=\"image__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSophie working to remove the failed antenna during EVA-97<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\">\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><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\">\n<div class=\"article__video\">\n<div class=\"video__caption\">\n\t\t\tSophie Adenot\u2019s second spacewalk, just one week after her first<br \/>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\">\n<h2 class=\"heading\">Facts and figures<\/h2>\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\u03b5psilon\u00a0mission\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"share button-group article__block article__item\">\n<p><button id=\"ezsr_27415947_13_5\" class=\"btn ezsr-star-rating-enabled\" title=\"Like\">Like<\/button><\/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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Science_Exploration\/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration\/Watch_Sophie_Adenot_s_second_spacewalk_live?rand=771654\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Science &amp; Exploration 21\/08\/2026 13308 views 34 likes After a successful EVA-97 on Tuesday 18 August, watch ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot venture into the vacuum of space for the second&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":803462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-803461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ESA"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=803461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/803462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=803461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=803461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=803461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}