Throughout the 2007 Boston Marathon, Indian-American astronaut Sunita “Suni” Williams ran the primary marathon in area, clocking 4 hours and 24 minutes on a treadmill on the Worldwide Area Station (ISS). On Tuesday, Williams and fellow astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore touched down on Earth for the primary time in 9 months, after an expedition that was alleged to final for a mere eight days.
Williams and Wilmore’s journey house lasted 17 hours; NASA’s Nick Hague and Russia’s Alexander Gorbunov, who joined them on the ISS within the fall, have been additionally on board. After re-entering Earth’s environment, their SpaceX capsule landed safely by parachute within the Gulf of Mexico, close to the Florida coast. The pair spent 286 days in orbit after technical difficulties arose of their spacecraft, Boeing’s Starliner, which prolonged their journey by 278 days.
Throughout the expedition, Williams, who’s 59, spent greater than 62 hours exterior the ISS, breaking the report for many time spent spacewalking by a feminine astronaut.
2007 Boston Marathon
Williams certified for the 2007 Boston Marathon with a 3:29:57 efficiency on the 2006 Houston Marathon. On April 16, 2007, throughout her first mission to the ISS, she started the race on the similar time the precise marathon kicked off in Boston. Williams, who was 42 on the time, taped her race bib to the entrance of her treadmill, which was geared up with a harness to counteract the shortage of gravity.
Throughout that expedition, Williams spent 192 days in orbit. In 2008, she participated within the Boston Marathon once more, this time on Earth. The astronaut went on to finish the 2012 Nautica Malibu Triathlon in 1:48.33, whereas aboard the ISS, utilizing a treadmill, stationary bike and superior resistive train system (ARED) to simulate swimming.
British astronaut Tim Peake later grew to become the first man to finish a marathon in area, working aboard the ISS along side the 2016 London Marathon. He clocked three hours and 35 minutes.