Welcome Home, ESA Astronaut Sophie Adenot! | International Space Station
After 237 days and over 3,700 orbits around Earth aboard the International Space Station, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Sophie Adenot of France is back on Earth! Following a handover to Crew-13, Sophie and her Crew-12 crewmates undocked on October 7, 2026, and splashed down off the coast of California the next day.
From Ellington Field in Houston, Sophie boarded a French Air and Space Force Airbus A330 MRTT Phénix bound for ESA’s European Astronaut Center (EAC) in Cologne, Germany. She landed at 04:21 GMT/06:21 CEST on October 10 and was warmly welcomed by family, friends, colleagues, journalists and representatives from ESA Member States.
Now back in Europe, Sophie will begin her post-flight data collection and rehabilitation while readjusting to life on Earth after the longest mission in space by a European astronaut so far.
Welcome home, Sophie!
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Station Commander: Pyotr Dubrov
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Anna Kikina, Sergey Teteryatnikov
An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.
Release Date: Oct. 12, 2026
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