NASA astronauts Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore have been on the International Space Station since June, even though they initially expected to stay for just eight days. They’ll be back on Earth in late March.
But because their stay was extended, Williams set a new record on Thursday. She went on a 5 hour, 26 minute spacewalk with Wilmore, and with that walk, surpassed the record set by a woman for time spent on spacewalks. According to Space.com, Williams now has 62 hours and 6 minutes of spacewalking, surpassing former astronaut Peggy Whitson, who had 60 hours and 21 minutes.
On this most recent spacewalk, the two worked to finally remove a faulty radio-communications unit, one that astronauts on two previous spacewalks were unable to remove.
Williams previously teamed up with astronaut Nick Hague for a spacewalk on Jan. 16. On that spacewalk, Williams and Hague…