united kingdom ambassador astronaut smith , currently on board the international space shuttle , has today broken the achievement for the longest unbeaten air walk by a woman . at 5 : 47 a . m . ut williams passed the previous record of 188 days and four hours reached by shannon lucid in 1996 . this is not the only total williams has beaten . earlier this year she set a mark of 29 hours and 17 minutes for time consumed by a lady on space walks .
Anousheh Ansari paid to go in space.