ScienceFrench astronaut takes third spacewalk outside ISS in all-female mission

French astronaut Sophie Adenot is undertaking her third spacewalk in two weeks while leading a rare all-female excursion outside the International Space Station. The crew is replacing a retroreflector used to align arriving modules, along with other maintenance work. The outing is expected to last six to six and a half hours, making it only the sixth all-female spacewalk in history.

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