A US astronaut set a record Sunday for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, breaking the old mark of 288 days with about two months left in her mission. She broke the record set by former space station commander Peggy Whitson in 2016-2017. DMITRI LOVETSKY/AP US astronaut Christina Koch has set a record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman. The US record for longest space flight is 340 days set by Scott Kelly in 2015-2016. Before breaking the endurance record for a woman in space, Koch set another milestone as part of the first all-female spacewalking team in October.

Source: Stuff December 28, 2019 20:37 UTC