India, Jan. 31 -- Astronaut Sunita 'Suni' Williams, who is stuck in space since months, on January 30 broke the record for total spacewalking time held by former astronaut Peggy Whitson, according to the International Space Station (ISS).

In a post on X, the ISS announced that the NASA astronaut had "surpassed former astronaut Peggy Whitson's total spacewalking time of 60 hours and 21 minutes today. Suni is still outside in the vacuum of space removing radio communications hardware."

The event was livestreamed by NASA on YouTube and their website, marking Williams' ninth spacewalk and the 92nd spacewalk by a US astronaut.

The spacewalk, part of Expedition 72, began around 8 am EST, during which Williams worked outside the ISS to mainta...