Italian astronaut breaks all-time female space duration record
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Mashable
June 9, 2015
A female Italian astronaut just broke an off-world record.
European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti now holds the record for the woman with the most time spent in space for a single mission. Cristoforetti broke the record on June 6, beating out NASA astronaut Sunita Williams’ previous record of 194 days set in 2007.