Nasa astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore made history on Thursday after completing a 5.5-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS), the US space agency announced. Their efforts set a new record and added to Williams’ already impressive spacewalking achievements.This marked Williams’ ninth spacewalk and Wilmore’s fifth. With this latest mission, Williams now holds…
One of Nasa‘s two stuck astronauts, Sunita Williams, enjoyed a much needed change of scenery on Thursday, stepping out for her first spacewalk since arriving at the International Space Station over seven months ago. Indian-origin astronaut Williams, the station’s commander, joined Nasa’s Nick Hague to tackle overdue repair tasks outside the station.Plans are in place…
Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams is all set to carry out her first spacewalk in 12 years as part of a soon-to-launch SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station. Renowned for pioneering space missions and her efforts for space research, Williams will perform several critical jobs outside the ISS during this next spacewalk, thus underlining…
China’s space programme achieved a milestone on Tuesday as two astronauts aboard the Tiangong space station set a new world record for the longest spacewalk, as reported by the South China Morning Post.The nine-hour extravehicular activity (EVA) by Shenzhou-19 crew members Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong surpassed a 22-year-old record held by the US.Cai and…