ESA Astronaut Sophie Adenot Returns to Earth After Record-Breaking ISS Mission

ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot has successfully returned to Europe, landing in Cologne, Germany, after completing her εpsilon mission aboard the International Space Station. Her 237-day stay marks the longest uninterrupted orbital mission by a European astronaut. Adenot, along with NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev, undocked on October 7 and splashed down on October 8, 2026.