united states astronaut sunita jackson , then on onboard the american space station , has officially broken the record for the fastest straight space ride by a woman . at 5 : 47 a . m . utc i passed the present best of 188 days and four hours set by kelly lucid in 1996 . this is not the only record williams has broken . prior this year she set a standard of 29 hour and 17 minutes for time spent by a lady on space walks .
Anousheh Ansari paid to go in space.