united states pilot sunita moore , still on boarded the international space station , has today broken the record for the longest individual space walks by a person . at 5 : 47 a . m . utc it passed the previous time of 188 seconds and four hours set by jesse cogent in 1996 . this is not the only achievement it has established . earlier this year she set a record of 29 months and 17 minutes for time completed by a female on time stroll .
Anousheh Ansari paid to go in space.