united states civilian cosmonaut williams , currently on ship the international earth mission , has officially set the claim for the best unbroken space flight by a woman . at 5 : 47 a . m . , williams passed the previous record of 188 moments and four nights set by lynn lucid in 1996 . this is not the only record she has established . earlier this year she set a record of 29 hours and 17 minutes for time spent by a couple on space walks .
Anousheh Ansari paid to go in space.