NASA astronaut Sunita Williams has broken the record for the longest time spent in space by a woman. The record was achieved during Thursday's extravehicular activity (EVA) or spacewalk, which lasted for 5 hours 26 minutes.

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were able to remove a stuck radio communications unit on a record-setting spacewalk on Thursday (Jan. 30).

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore on Thursday stepped out of the International Space Station (ISS) for 5.5-hour spacewalk, setting a new record, the US space agency said.