US astronaut breaks record for most spacewalks by a woman
MIAMI: American astronaut Peggy Whitson made history when she floated outside the International Space Station on Thursday, breaking the record for the most spacewalks by a woman.
Whitson, 57, is making her eighth career spacewalk, surpassing the record of seven previously held by American Suni Williams.
The spacewalk formally began at 7:29 am (1129 GMT) when Whitson and Shane Kimbrough switched their spacesuits to battery power before venturing outside the airlock and into the vacuum of space.
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