| This latest record is only one of many records broken by astronaut Sunita Williams.
US astronaut Sunita Williams breaks record United States astronaut Sunita Williams, currently on board the International Space Station, broke the record for the the longest unbroken space flight by a woman on Saturday. At 5:47 a.m. UTC Williams passed the previous record of 188 days and four hours set by Shannon Lucid in 1996.
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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams - NASA Photo This is not the only record Williams has broken. Earlier this year she set a record of 29 hours and 17 minutes for time spent by a woman on space walks.
In April 2007, Williams received much attention when she took part in the Boston Marathon on a treadmill while in orbit.
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