NASA’s two stuck astronauts took their first spacewalk together Thursday, exiting the International Space Station almost eight months after moving in. Commander Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore removed a broken antenna and wiped the station’s exterior for evidence of any microbes that might still be alive after launching

The record-breaking spacewalk set a new women's record for total spacewalking time and saw the astronauts finally remove faulty radio communications hardware, among other tasks.