Washington:
The US Space Agency stated that NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and Buch Wilmor set a new record from the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday for a 5.5-hour spacewalk.
It was Ms. Williams’ ninth spacewalk and Mr. Wilmore’s fifth.
Ms. Williams now holds a record of 62 hours, 6 minutes of total spacewalk time, fourth in NASA’s all -time list.
The US Space Agency said that Ms. Williams and Mr. Wilmor fulfilled their primary objectives, including removing a radio frequency group antenna assembly from the station trus and collecting surface material samples for analysis from the Destiny Laboratory and Quest Airlrock .
stay: @Nasa_astroneouts Listened Williams and Buch are taking a spacewalk to maintain Wilmore @space Station Collect hardware and samples. Today’s spacewalk is scheduled to start from ET (1300 UTC) at 8 am and go for about 6.5 hours. https://t.co/6pvzcwpdgs
– NASA (@nasa) 30 January, 2025
Meanwhile, NASA said on Wednesday that it was working with the SpaceX of billionaire Elon Musk to safely return two astronauts (Sunita Williams and Buch Wilmor), which for months the International Space Station (ISS ), Came back home, as soon as practical. ,
Veteran astronaut Wilmore and Williams arrived at the ISS in Boeing in June 2024. They were due to spending only eight days on the parikrama laboratory, but technical problems at the spacecraft motivated NASA to change the plans. The US Space Agency announced in August that Boeing rival SpaceX would bring the crew home in February. But his return was further postponed due to SpaceX preparing a new spacecraft.
US President Donald Trump stated that SpaceX “soon” developed a day after two American astronauts started a mission to resume.
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