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 from Earth and escaping through vents.

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, stranded in space for eight months, conducted their first spacewalk.

"Here we go," Mr Wilmore remarked as he exited the station, 420 kilometres above Earth, in a video livestreamed by NASA on X.

NASA's two stuck astronauts are taking their first spacewalk together, exiting the International Space Station almost eight months after moving in