Who became the first French woman to perform a spacewalk?

On August 18, 2026, Sophie Adenot became the first French woman and the second European woman to perform a spacewalk; she, along with Anil Menon, conducted a 6-hour 23-minute spacewalk during the EVA-97 mission. The mission's objective was to replace a faulty SGANT antenna located on the ISS's Z1 Truss, with significant assistance provided by Canadarm2 and the ISS crew.