Sophie Adenot reached Cologne on 10 October after returning from the International Space Station. The European astronaut now begins two to three weeks of readaptation and scientific data collection at the German Aerospace Center’s neighbouring facility. Her arrival starts a new phase of the mission: physical recovery on Earth, followed by further rehabilitation with the European Astronaut Centre’s training team.
Sophie Adenot, an astronaut with the European Space Agency, arrived in Cologne, Germany, on 10 October after her return from the International Space Station. The city’s astronaut centre is now her base for physical recovery and readaptation to gravity.[1], [2]
The European Space Agency says Adenot will spend two to three weeks adjusting to Earth’s gravity and taking part in data collection at :envihab. This German Aerospace Center facility stands beside the European Astronaut Centre. Its teams provide operational, medical and scientific support for returning astronauts, working closely with the European space agency.[1]
After that phase, Adenot is scheduled to continue rehabilitation and follow-up activities with the astronaut centre’s training team. Her European return follows initial medical checks aboard the recovery vessel and post-flight activities in Houston. The programme links the return journey to a longer period of supervised physical recovery on the ground.[1]
Adenot and her three crewmates left the station on 7 October and splashed down on 8 October. After the first checks, a helicopter took them ashore and a NASA aircraft carried them to Ellington Field in Houston. Adenot left for Europe on 9 October aboard a French Air and Space Force aircraft. Family, friends, colleagues and representatives of European space agency member states welcomed her in Cologne.[1]
