Astronaut Sunita Williams breaks the record for total spacewalking time by a woman, logging 62 hours and 6 minutes, surpassing Peggy Whitson's previous record of 60 hours and 21 minutes. Stranded aboard the International Space Station (ISS) since June 2024,

Months floating in space wasn't enough to prepare Sunita Williams for the shocking reality that she had forgotten how to walk. After nearly 7 months in zero gravity, the astronaut was left grappling with the bizarre consequences of long-term space travel.

During a five-and-a-half hour spacewalk with her colleague Butch Wilmore, Sunita Williams surpassed former astronaut Peggy Whitson’s total spacewalking time of 60 hours and 21 minutes.