Astronauts Jessica Meir and Sophie Adenot pose for a portrait inside the Quest airlock

iss075e0085733 (Sept. 1, 2026) --- From left, astronauts Jessica Meir of NASA and Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) pose for a portrait inside the International Space Station’s Quest airlock while configuring spacesuits the day before they conducted a spacewalk together. Meir and Adenot spent six hours and 49 minutes the next day installing a spacecraft navigation aid, swabbing the station’s exterior for microorganisms, and preparing a cosmic particle detector for future upgrades outside the International Space Station.