Astronaut Peggy Whitson can add another record to her stellar NASA career.
Whitson, on her third long-duration mission to the International Space Station, completed her eighth spacewalk Thursday. And in doing so, she set a record for the most spacewalks performed by a woman and the most cumulative time spent space walking by a woman.
Whitson also moved up to take the fifth spot on the all-time space walking list according to The Associated Press.
Astronaut Peggy Whitson broke @Astro_Suni's spacewalk record at 11:51am ET today. She is on her 8th #spacewalk now. https://t.co/LgLjwJtpQw http://pic.twitter.com/CLYitGcPKm
— Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) March 30, 2017
Previously, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams held the women’s cumulative spacewalking record.
The spacewalk was scheduled for 6 hours and 30 minutes, but it ended up lasting 7 hours and 4 minutes. NASA said Whitson and astronaut Shane Kimbrough were tasked with installing four thermal protection shields on the Tranquility module of the ISS, but one shield floated away, so the team devised a new plan to patch up the area.
Astronauts install shields on Tranquility despite inadvertent loss of one shield. https://t.co/qpyi2LM11l http://pic.twitter.com/dgazHDSBMW
— Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) March 30, 2017
Cameras spot missing shield to protect Tranquility module from micrometeoroids. Astronauts installing new cover in its place. http://pic.twitter.com/FStj6cJEHD
— Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) March 30, 2017
NASA’s Expedition 50-51 launched in November. Whitson has spent more than 500 days in space in total, and is scheduled to return in June.
You can follow Whitson’s @AstroPeggy Twitter account for the latest on her mission.
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