One week after making history as the first French woman to conduct a spacewalk, astronaut Sophie Adenot began a second extravehicular activity (EVA)—a spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS)—to complete the replacement of a faulty antenna. NASA officially announced the start of the mission at 12:27 GMT. About twenty minutes later, Sophie Adenot exited the station, which was in darkness, joining her American teammate Anil Menon. The EVA is expected to last around six and a half hours, during which the two astronauts will finish replacing an antenna that enables the ISS to communicate with the control center in Houston, Texas. This involves handling bolts and connectors, which can be challenging in the extreme conditions of space. Sophie Adenot and Anil Menon had previously conducted a spacewalk on August 18, during which they began dismantling the faulty antenna known as Space-to-Ground (SGANT). This equipment is crucial for transmitting data and enabling high-speed communications between the ISS and Houston. However, the first spacewalk was delayed by stubborn bolts and connectors, leaving the old antenna temporarily secured and the replacement incomplete. Sophie Adenot noted the difficulty of such tasks, comparing them to the gap between theory and practice, a sentiment she shared after facing sexist comments on social media. Despite these challenges, NASA praised the astronauts for their "super work" and "perseverance and resilience." During this Tuesday's spacewalk, Sophie Adenot and Anil Menon will retrieve the new antenna from its storage platform and install it, then move the faulty one to its storage location. If time allows, they may also replace a device called a "retroreflector," which is used for precise distance measurements. This task could be completed during a planned maintenance spacewalk on September 1. Inside the ISS, Sophie and Anil will be supported by their teammates Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, who will operate the robotic arm Canadarm2 to assist with the work. Sophie Adenot, a trained engineer and former test pilot, became the second French woman in history to fly in space in February, following Claudie Haigneré’s missions in 1996 and 2001. Her first spacewalk was celebrated by French President Emmanuel Macron as a "French pride," seeing in her "the face of all possibilities." As she continues her work on the ISS, Sophie Adenot is not only contributing to the station’s maintenance but also inspiring a new generation of astronauts and space enthusiasts.