On June 16th, 2007 (May 2nd, 2007 in the lunar calendar), Sunet Williams broke the record of women's continuous flight time in space. Photo: American astronaut Sunet Williams On June 16, 2007, American female astronaut Sunet Williams (left) worked with her replacement Clayton Anderson inside the space station. After 1: 47 a.m. EST on 16th (13: 47 Beijing time), Williams's continuous flight time in space has exceeded 188 days and 4 hours, breaking the record of continuous flight time in space set by American female astronaut Shannon Lucid in 1996.