The European Space Agency (ESA) announced to send French astronaut Sophie Adenot and Belgian astronaut Raphaël Liégeois to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2026. ESA revealed at its space summit in Brussels on Wednesday that Adenot and Liégeois will be the first graduates of their astronaut cohort to take part in missions to the ISS. ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher said sending the astronauts to the ISS is a significant milestone for the space agency and a decisive step towards preserving European knowledge and ensuring Europe’s participation in current and future space missions….