NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were able to remove a stuck radio communications unit on a record-setting spacewalk on Thursday (Jan. 30).

Commander Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore floated out to perform maintenance work and wipe the International Space Station’s exterior for evidence of any microbes that may still be alive after launching from Earth and escaping through vents.

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams made history on Thursday, by surpassing the record for the most time spent in the vacuum of space by a woman. During a 5-hour and 26-minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station,