Return of French astronaut Sophie Adenot postponed due to weather conditions

Sophie Adenot will have to wait before leaving the space. On board the International Space Station (ISS) for almost eight months, the French astronaut saw his return to Earth postponed due to unfavorable weather conditions, NASA announced on Saturday.

Back soon, a record in his pocket

The American space agency initially planned to undock on Monday. But “following an examination of the weather conditions and the state of the sea in the landing zone off the coast of California” she indicated that she was now aiming “no earlier than 1:05 a.m. EDT [7:05 a.m. in Paris], Wednesday October 7, for the undocking of the Crew-12 mission”.

Having left on February 13, the native of Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire in Nièvre remained in orbit longer than expected. On September 3, she became the European astronaut – men and women combined – having carried out the longest mission in space, and reached the milestone of 230 days in orbit.

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