Sophie Adenot spent 235 days 400 kilometres above the Earth. After a day-long journey, the French astronaut splashed down on Thursday 8 October at 5:35 p.m. (French time), together with three other members of the International Space Station crew, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California.
The final minutes of the flight brought intense sensations for the Frenchwoman, Russian cosmonaut Andrei Fediaiev and the two Americans Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway: a high-speed plunge through the atmosphere, then a slowdown under powerful parachutes, all while communications were cut.
