Sophie Adenot

French engineer, helicopter test pilot, and European Space Agency astronaut. Selected as an ESA astronaut in 2022, she flew to the International Space Station as a Crew-12 mission participant.

Crew-12 Returns to Earth After Seven and a Half Months on the ISS

SpaceX’s Dragon Freedom splashed down off California, returning four astronauts to Earth after a seven-and-a-half-month stay aboard the International Space Station. Drogue and main parachutes slowed the capsule in stages, while mission control coordinated a landing it described as involving many teams.

Bloomberg TechnologyOct 8, 20263 min read