Astronauts Anil Menon and Sophie Adenot Conduct Spacewalk
On August 18, 2026, Expedition 75 flight engineers Anil Menon from NASA and Sophie Adenot from the European Space Agency (ESA) collaborated on a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. The six-hour and 23-minute extravehicular activity focused on the installation of a high-speed communications antenna, a task slated for completion on August 25, 2026.
The image depicts Menon, partially obscured and recognizable by the red stripe on his spacesuit's legs, and Adenot working together in the vacuum of space.
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