Macron calls Sophie Adenot, who went into outer space, source of pride for France

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · Aug 18, 2026 · 157 words

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French President Emmanuel Macron praised Sophie Adenot for becoming the first Frenchwoman to enter space. Adenot and NASA astronaut Anil Menon performed a spacewalk from the ISS to replace a communication antenna.

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What happened

French President Emmanuel Macron has called Sophie Adenot, the first Frenchwoman to go into space, a national pride and a source of inspiration for the younger generation.

Why it matters

By becoming the first Frenchwoman to go into space, Sophie Adenot has become a pride of France and at the same time an example for girls who dream of infinity," he wrote on X.

Common ground

On Tuesday, NASA astronaut Anil Menon and European Space Agency astronaut Adenot went into outer space from the ISS.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the first was Claudie Haignere, who in 1996 flew to the Mir space station as part of the Russian·French Cassiopeia mission”

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Wikipedia and other reference sources confirm Claudie Haigneré was the first French woman in space, flying to the Mir station in August 1996 as part of the Cassiopeia mission.

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web search NEUTRAL — In 1994, Claudie Haigneré began training at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, for the Franco-Russian Cassiopeia mission and learned Russian during her time there. On 17 …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudie_Haigneré

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web search NEUTRAL — In 1996, Claudie Haigneré became the first French woman in space during the Cassiopée mission aboard MIR, accompanied by a Breitling Aerospace watch specially designed for the occasion.
https://www.mostra-store.com/en/magazine/claudie-haignere-br…

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web search NEUTRAL — Claudie Andre–Deshays HaigneréClaudie Haigneré (born 1957) is the first French woman to work as an astronaut as well as the first European woman to visit the International Space Station.
https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-…

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Claim 2: “the astronauts will have to replace an antenna for communication between the orbital station and the Mission Control Center in Houston”

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Three independent web sources explicitly state the primary objective of the spacewalk was to replace a faulty/degraded space-to-ground antenna used for communication between the ISS and Mission Control in Houston.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — NASA's Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center (MCC-H, initially called Integrated Mission Control Center, or IMCC), also known by its radio callsign, Houston, is the facility at the Lyndon B.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_C._Kraft_Jr._Missi…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A mission control center (MCC, sometimes called a flight control center or operations center) is a facility that manages space flights, usually from the point of launch until landing or the end of the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_control_center

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Payload Operations and Integration Center (POIC), part of the Huntsville Operations Support Center (HOSC), callsign Huntsville, or the Payload Operations Center, is a National Aeronautics and Spa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payload_Operations_and_Integra…

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Claim 3: “Sophie Adenot, the first Frenchwoman to go into space”

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The claim states Sophie Adenot is the first Frenchwoman to go into space. However, multiple sources (Wikipedia, Encyclopedia.com) explicitly state that Claudie Haigneré was the first French woman in space in 1996. Evidence for Adenot clarifies she is the first Frenchwoman to conduct a spacewalk and the first Frenchwoman in space in 25 years, but not the first overall.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The European Astronaut Corps is a unit of the European Space Agency (ESA) that selects, trains, and provides astronauts as crew members on U.S. and Russian space missions. The corps has 13 active memb…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Astronaut_Corps

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sophie Marie Laurence Adenot (French pronunciation: [sɔfi ad(ə)no]; born 5 July 1982) is a French engineer, helicopter pilot, and astronaut. She holds the rank of colonel in the French Air and Space F…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Adenot

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — SpaceX Crew-12 is the twelfth operational NASA Commercial Crew Program flight and the 20th crewed orbital flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The mission transported four crew members—NASA astronauts …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Crew-12

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Claim 4: “NASA astronaut Anil Menon and European Space Agency astronaut Adenot went into outer space from the ISS”

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Multiple independent sources (NASA, ESA-related web results) confirm that NASA astronaut Anil Menon and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot performed a spacewalk from the ISS.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Expedition 75 is the 75th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). The expedition began with the departure of Soyuz MS-28 on 26 July 2026 with NASA astronaut Jessica Meir tak…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_75

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station in low Earth orbit (LEO). It is the product of the International Space Station program and is operated by five partner space agencies: NASA (Un…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station

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Claim 5: “Adenot is also the second representative of her country to reach Earth's orbit”

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The provided evidence for this specific claim consists of irrelevant search results about AMD CPUs and general SpaceX mission data. There is no evidence provided to confirm or deny if she is the 'second representative of her country' to reach orbit.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2022 European Space Agency Astronaut Group is the latest class of the European Astronaut Corps. The selection recruited five career astronauts, as well as twelve reserve astronauts. They are the f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_European_Space_Agency_Ast…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — SpaceX CRS-34, also known as SpX-34, was an International Space Station (ISS) cargo resupply mission contracted by NASA and operated by SpaceX. The flight launched on May 15, 2026, from Space Launch C…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-34

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Claim 6: “French President Emmanuel Macron... wrote on X [that Sophie Adenot has become a pride of France]”

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L'Avenir reports that President Emmanuel Macron hailed the spacewalk as a source of 'French pride'. A YouTube title also confirms Macron spoke with Adenot live from the ISS.

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web search NEUTRAL — Sophie Marie Laurence Adenot, родилась 5 июля 1982 года в Кон-Кур-сюр-Луар) — французская инженер и женщина-космонавт. Первая в истории Франции женщина-лётчик-испытатель вертолётов. Астронавт Европейс…
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Адено,_Софи

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web search NEUTRAL — Macron Speaks With French Astronaut Sophie Adenot Live From International Space Station | AI1G.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKGf8wTBAw0

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web search NEUTRAL — President Emmanuel Macron hailed Sophie Adenot's spacewalk, describing the event as a source of "French pride" and seeing the astronaut as "the face of all possibilities." (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP).
https://www.lavenir.net/actu/monde/2026/08/18/sophie-adenot-…

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