American astronaut Suni Williams became a woman-astronaut who spent 62 hours 62 minutes in space.
According to the X -account of the International Space Station (ISS), Williams surpassed the record of the astronaut Peggy Witson for the duration of exit to outer space – 60 hours and 21 minutes.
Williams and her colleague Butch Wilmore, who was in space for a long time, “served the equipment of the stations and collected samples of surface material for analysis from the Destiny laboratory and the Quest gateway.” She made an output in outer space lasting 5 hours 26 minutes.
After that, Williams, whose total exit time in outer space increased to 62 hours and 6 minutes, became a woman-astronaut who made the longest exit to outer space.
– NASA astronauts stuck in space
Williams and Wilmore were sent to the ISS on June 5, 2024 for a weekly test flight in the new Boeing Starliner capsule.
However, due to the technical malfunction of the Starliner, the date of the return of the two astronauts was postponed, and NASA instructed that the capsule returned empty.
According to experts, the return of two astronauts to Earth will become possible no earlier than the end of March or early April due to the transfer of the date of launch of the reserve capsule by SpaceX, which took this mission, and the time of their stay at the space station will be about 10 months .
January 29, US President Donald Trump called on the American billionaire Elon Mask and his SpaceX company to return the astronauts stuck at the International Space Station (ISS).
On the other hand, Musk in its post on the social media platform X emphasized that he would make efforts to return the astronauts to the Earth.