NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and French astronaut Sophie Adenot completed the sixth all-female spacewalk in history outside the International Space Station on Sept. 1, spending six hours and 49 minutes outside the orbiting laboratory, Space.com reported; BBC and CBS described the excursion as a roughly six-and-a-half-hour operation [space.com#1][bbc.co.uk#1][cbsnews.com#1]. The work included replac
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot made history with the sixth all-female spacewalk on September 1, 2026. Their 6-hour-49-minute mission involved replacing key equipment on the International Space Station. Meir, a marine biologist who studied extreme-environment animals, brought a scientific background to spaceflight, while Adenot transitioned from aerospace engineering an