14 Facts About Sophie Adenot

Sophie Adenot was born on 5 July 1982 and is a French engineer, helicopter pilot, and astronaut.

Sophie Adenot was chosen for the European Astronaut Corps as part of the 2022 group.

Sophie Adenot was born on 5 July 1982, in Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, in Burgundy, France, to pharmacist Isabelle Adenot and Hubert Adenot, a notary in Corbigny.

Sophie Adenot attended a maison d'education de la Legion d'honneur, secondary schools open to daughters of members of the National Order of the Legion of Honour, in Saint-Denis to obtain a baccalaureate, and then attended higher school preparatory classes to prepare for enrolment in one of the grande ecoles.

From 2001 to 2003, Sophie Adenot studied engineering at institut Superieur de l'Aeronautique et de l'Espace, in Toulouse, where she specialized in the flight dynamics of aircraft and spacecraft and earned a degree in 2004.

Sophie Adenot earned a Master of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge in 2004.

Sophie Adenot worked at MIT's Man-Vehicle Laboratory and wrote her thesis on how the vestibular system adapts to artificial gravity to develop centrifuge training for astronauts.

Sophie Adenot received a PgCert from Cranfield University in Flight Test and Flight Dynamics.

Sophie Adenot earned the rank of lieutenant in the Air Force in August 2006, and rose to the rank of captain three years later, commandant in December 2014, and lieutenant colonel in June 2020.

Sophie Adenot was selected to join the European Astronaut Corps as part of the 2022 European Space Agency Astronaut Group.

Sophie Adenot is the second French woman to join the European Astronaut Corps, after Claudie Haignere.

Sophie Adenot was selected to be the first of her class to fly to the ISS, estimated to launch in spring 2026.

In 2020, Sophie Adenot was recognized by the Young Leaders program of the French-American Foundation.

Sophie Adenot was appointed a chevalier in the French National Order of Merit in 2022.