united states astronaut sunita williams , currently on top the international space station , has since broken the tradition for the longest unbeaten space drive by a woman . at 5 : 47 a . m . utc they passed the previous maximum of 188 days and four hours posted by shannon sober in 1996 . this is not the only records williams has broke . earlier this time she sets a records of 29 times and 17 minutes for time spending by a man on space walked .
Anousheh Ansari paid to go in space.