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.

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams has recently set a remarkable record during her extended mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The spacewalk was filled with significant achievements, including the removal of crucial radio communications hardware and the collection of microbial life samples from the ISS's exterior.

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.