A prestigious distinction
After Jacqueline Auriol in 1963, all French astronauts (represented by Jean-Loup Chrétien) in 1998, Thomas Pesquet in 2017 and the Patrouille de France which celebrated its seventieth anniversary last year, theAJPAE (Association of Professional Aeronautics and Space Journalists) has decided to honor this year Sophie Adenot : she presented him with his 65th on November 18 Icarus Prizeboth for her brilliant career as an engineer and helicopter test pilot within theAir and Space Forceand for his new functions as an astronaut of theEuropean Space Agency.
Created in 1957, the Icare Prize rewards the work and commitment of a personality or a team in the aeronautics or space field.
The AJPAE has been operating since 1949.
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The ceremony was held on November 18 in a restaurant in the 1st arrondissement of Paris in the presence of members of the AJPAE, communicators from the aerospace sector and astronauts. Jean-Pierre Haigneré et Michel Tognini.
The recipient, currently training at the Johnson Center of the Nasa in Houston, Texas, to prepare for his long-term stay aboard the International Space Station between spring and fall 2026, could not make itself available. But she sent a long video message of thanks, in which she notably pledged to carry this new prize like a torch.
His diploma was solemnly presented to Anne-Sophie Bradellecommunications director of theESAafter her husband read a friendly message of congratulations from Claudie Haigneré (detained in Ales).
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