Astronaut Sophie Adenot (C) speaks during a press conference regarding her departure for the International Space Station (ISS) in 2026, at the CNES, Centre national d'études spatiales (National Center for Space Studies) in Toulouse, southwestern France on November 24, 2025. (Photo by Valentine CHAPUIS / AFP via Getty Images)

French astronaut Sophie Adenot speaks during a press conference regarding her departure for the International Space Station (ISS) in 2026, at the CNES, Centre national d'études spatiales (National Center for Space Studies) in Toulouse, southwestern France on November 24, 2025. (Photo by Valentine CHAPUIS / AFP via Getty Images)

French astronaut Sophie Adenot speaks during a press conference regarding her departure for the International Space Station (ISS) in 2026, at the CNES, Centre national d'études spatiales (National Center for Space Studies) in Toulouse, southwestern France on November 24, 2025. (Photo by Valentine CHAPUIS / AFP via Getty Images)

French astronaut Sophie Adenot (C-R) speaks during a press conference regarding her departure for the International Space Station (ISS) in 2026, at the CNES, Centre national d'études spatiales (National Center for Space Studies) in Toulouse, southwestern France on November 24, 2025. (Photo by Valentine CHAPUIS / AFP via Getty Images)

French astronaut Sophie Adenot speaks during a press conference regarding her departure for the International Space Station (ISS) in 2026, at the CNES, Centre national d'études spatiales (National Center for Space Studies) in Toulouse, southwestern France on November 24, 2025. (Photo by Valentine CHAPUIS / AFP via Getty Images)

French astronaut Sophie Adenot (C-R) speaks during a press conference regarding her departure for the International Space Station (ISS) in 2026, at the CNES, Centre national d'études spatiales (National Center for Space Studies) in Toulouse, southwestern France on November 24, 2025. (Photo by Valentine CHAPUIS / AFP via Getty Images)

French astronaut Sophie Adenot attends a press conference regarding her departure for the International Space Station (ISS) in 2026, at the CNES, Centre national d'études spatiales (National Center for Space Studies) in Toulouse, southwestern France on November 24, 2025. (Photo by Valentine CHAPUIS / AFP via Getty Images)

A man poses for a photograph with an Eurasian eagle owl during a scientific exhibition at the Kuwait University's College of Science in Kuwait City on November 24, 2025. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP via Getty Images)