Sophie Marie Laurence Adenot
Sophie Marie Laurence Adenot is a French engineer, helicopter test pilot, French Air and Space Force officer, and ESA astronaut. She became the first member of ESA's 2022 astronaut class assigned to fly, launching on SpaceX Crew-12 in February 2026.
- Born
- July 5, 1982
- Died
- N/A
- Birthplace
- Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, Nievre,France
Flights
1
Spacewalks
N/A
EVA time
N/A
In space
In progress
Bio
Adenot trained as an engineer and military helicopter pilot before becoming France's first female helicopter test pilot. Her aviation background includes thousands of flight hours, operational test work, and leadership in a field where she followed the path opened by French astronaut Claudie Haignere.
ESA selected Adenot in 2022, and her first mission is ESA's Epsilon mission aboard SpaceX Crew-12. Crew-12 launched on February 13, 2026 with Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Adenot, and Andrey Fedyaev, docking with the ISS on February 14.
Because Crew-12 was still in progress on July 6, 2026, her flight duration remains open. 74/75 is station context inside the Crew-12 flight record, not a separate spaceflight.