Sophie Adenot's 2022 ESA astronaut selection and ISS mission

Sophie Adenot, born 1982-07-05, was selected as an ESA astronaut in 2022. The facts identify Mission Epsilon as her first mission to the International Space Station.

Adenot was born on 1982-07-05 in Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, Nièvre. She is described as a French astronaut and was selected as an ESA astronaut in 2022.

Mission Epsilon is recorded as her first space mission, and its orbit is given as the International Space Station (ISS).

Her education includes an engineering degree from ISAE-SUPAERO in Toulouse and a master's degree in human-factors engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, United States.

The record lists work as a helicopter cockpit design engineer at Airbus Helicopters. The facts include a 2005 announcement date alongside the statement that she joined the Armée de l'air et de l'espace.

From 2008 to 2012, she was a pilot in a squadron specializing in search and rescue (SAR) and combat search and rescue (CSAR). From 2012 to 2017, she was flight formation leader and mission captain with the transport squadron for government authorities at Villacoublay.

From 2019 to 2022, she served as a helicopter test pilot at the Cazaux flight test center for the Direction générale de l'armement (DGA). The record lists 22 helicopters and languages spanning French, English, German, Russian and basic Spanish.

For readers tracking the lunar industry, Adenot's record is relevant because ESA astronaut selection and ISS missions are part of the crewed-spaceflight base. Her cockpit-design, human-factors, SAR/CSAR and test-pilot background shows operational skills used in crewed vehicle operations.