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NASA astronaut and France’s first female spacewalker remove failed ISS antenna but defer replacement

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NASA astronaut Anil Menon and French astronaut Sophie Adenot removed a failed antenna during an Aug. 18 spacewalk at the International Space Station, but ran out of time before installing its replacement. The antenna repair will therefore require a subsequent spacewalk or other planned intervention.

Discovered 2026-08-18T12:45:41.606417-07:00 | 2026-08-18T12:45:41.606417-07:00

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  • The failed antenna was removed, but the replacement remains outstanding, leaving an ISS communications-related maintenance task unresolved.
  • The spacewalk demonstrates the operational constraints of complex orbital maintenance, with available extravehicular-activity time limiting the work completed.
  • Sophie Adenot’s participation marks the first spacewalk by a French woman, a milestone for France’s human-spaceflight program.

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