Sunita Williams breaks spacewalk document; walks sixty hours and six minutes
WASHINGTON: Astronaut sunita williams has set a contemporary file for the longest spacewalk by means of way of a female. After spending five hours and 26 minutes out of doors the international area Station, Sunita's standard spacewalk has reached sixty two hours and six minutes.
Sunita handed the record of 60 hours and 21 minutes set through nasa astronaut Peggy Whitson in 2017.
"We realize we are not the primary or 2nd people to walk in location. But we've completed this extraordinary achievement," Sunita stated in advance than the cease of the spacewalk. Sunita walked together with her associate Butch Wilmore. Collectively, they efficaciously eliminated a defective radio communications unit on the gap station. This assignment had failed two times earlier than.
Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore left Earth on june five, 2024, as part of a check flight of Boeing's Starliner to preserve people to the ISS. The plan have become to attain the space station on june 7 and go back on the 13th. However, the move again journey became now not on time due to troubles with the Starliner's thrusters and a helium leak.
Elon Musk said that US President donald trump had sought help for the go back journey of the two humans trapped at the global location Station. nasa had partnered with Musk's spacex within the project to go back the 2.
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