united us astronaut sandhya williams , currently on deck the international space station , has today shattered the record for the longest unbroken robotic walking by a woman . at 5 : 47 a . m . ; williams pass the new record of 188 days and four periods set by shannon readable in 1996 . this is not the only record she has held . today this year she set a time of 29 days and 17 minutes for it spent by a woman on space walks .
Anousheh Ansari paid to go in space.