French Astronaut Leads Rare All-Female ISS Spacewalk

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French astronaut Sophie Adenot is undertaking her third spacewalk outside the ISS in two weeks, leading a rare all-female excursion. The primary objective is to replace a retroreflector crucial for aligning arriving modules. Additional maintenance tasks are also scheduled. This historic spacewalk is expected to last between six and six and a half hours, marking only the sixth all-female.