Commander Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore floated out to perform maintenance work and wipe the International Space Station’s exterior for evidence of any microbes that may still be alive after launching from Earth and escaping through vents.

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams made history on Thursday, by surpassing the record for the most time spent in the vacuum of space by a woman. During a 5-hour and 26-minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station,

"Here we go," Mr Wilmore remarked as he exited the station, 420 kilometres above Earth, in a video livestreamed by NASA on X.

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, stranded in space for eight months, conducted their first spacewalk.

US President Donald Trump has requested ‘First Buddy’ Elon Musk to bring ‘stranded’ Nasa astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore from the International Space Station (ISS). The duo have been in space for the past seven months and aren’t expected to return before March.

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, stranded on the ISS for months, stepped out for their first spacewalk on Thursday.

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore took their first spacewalk together since arriving at the International Space Station last June. They performed maintenance tasks and checked for microbes on the station's exterior.