Thursday, February 27 at 2:30 p.m.
Doors open at 2:15pm
- On site: Free admission with reservation, subject to availability Book your ticket
- Online: The conference will be broadcast live on this page
On April 22, 42-year-old French astronaut Sophie Adenot received her astronaut diploma, succeeding Claudie Haigneré, the first French astronaut, nearly 30 years ago.
An engineer, France's first female helicopter experimental test pilot and a colonel in the French Air Force, Sophie Adenot's CV is as long as a rocket.
She is a graduate of the École Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace, and also holds a Master of Science in Aeronautical Human Factors from the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA.
Sophie Adenot is currently training at NASA in Houston, USA, in preparation for her first mission into space, scheduled for 2026.
With her passion for popularizing science, the astronaut will be on hand to talk about her career and answer questions from the public at a special event on Thursday February 27 at 2.30pm.
The session will be moderated by Gilles Dawidowicz, vice-president of the Société Astronomique de France.