Astronaut stuck in space goes for a walk... outside

Suni Williams - one of the two Nasa astronauts stuck on the International Space Station (ISS) since last summer - has made her first spacewalk since arriving on the craft seven months ago.

In June 2024, Suni and her colleague Butch Wilmore set off from Florida on Boeing's Starliner spacecraft after multiple delays.

They were only meant to stay in space for around a week, however their craft developed a number of issues - meaning they were unable to head back.

They have been stuck in space ever since and won't be back until late March at the earliest.

What's happened?

Ms Williams teamed up with fellow Nasa astronaut Nick Hague to perform the spacewalk so that they could carry out repairs on the craft.

According to the US Space Agency, the pair carried out a number of jobs including fixing equipment, patching a light filter and replacing a reflector device.

It was the first time that Ms Williams had left the ISS since arriving at the station in June 2024.

Nasa said the six-hour-long spacewalk, the eighth in Ms Williams' career, went well and that the pair had completed the jobs they needed to do

They added that Ms Williams will conduct a second spacewalk next week, on 23 January, but this time with fellow stranded astronaut Butch Wilmore.

When will Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore return to Earth?

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have now been in space for more than six months

Two Nasa astronauts who blasted off into space last summer, and have been stuck there ever since, are finally due to return to Earth in the spring.

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams set off from Florida to the International Space Station (ISS) on 5 June 2024 after multiple delays.

They arrived on 6 June and were expecting to stay for seven days.

However, the US Space Agency discovered a number of safety issues with the Starliner spacecraft they were due to travel home on.

The problems meant the two astronauts had to remain on the ISS while engineers carried out technical investigations.

Both astronauts are now scheduled to come back home around the end of March, on a SpaceX capsule instead.