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ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot is a mission specialist for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission. This is her first spaceflight. Upon her arrival to the International Space Station, she will join Expedition 74/75, kicking off a long-duration science expedition aboard the orbiting laboratory. She was selected as an ESA astronaut in 2022. Adenot earned a degree in engineering from ISAE-SUPAERO in Toulouse, France, specializing in spacecraft and aircraft flight dynamics. She also earned a master’s degree in human factors engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. After earning her master’s degree, she became a helicopter cockpit design engineer at Airbus Helicopters and later served as a search and rescue pilot at Cazaux Air Base from 2008 to 2012. She then joined the High Authority Transport Squadron in Villacoublay, France, and served as a formation flight leader and mission captain from 2012 to 2017. Between 2019 and 2022, Adenot worked as a helicopter experimental test pilot in Cazaux Flight Test Center with DGA (Direction Générale de l’Armement – the French Defence Procurement Agency). She has logged more than 3,000 hours flying 22 different helicopters.