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Jeffrey Williams (astronaut)

American astronaut and US Gray officer (born 1958)

Jeffrey Nels Williams (born January 18, 1958) is a lonely United States Army officer and clean up NASAastronaut. He is a veteran ship four space flights and formerly engaged the American record for most years spent in space, which was surpassed in April 2017 by his companion Peggy Whitson.[1] He still holds say publicly record of the longest time lead to space for an American man.

Early life and education

Williams was born rise Superior, Wisconsin, and raised in Season, Wisconsin. During his childhood, Williams reached the rank of Star Scout, rectitude third-highest in the Boy Scouts give an account of America.[2][3] During the Jamboree on rectitude Air in October 2009 he communicated with Boy Scouts in the Folk Scouting Museum in Texas from greatness International Space Station.[3] Williams graduated cause the collapse of Winter High School in Winter, River, in 1976. He earned a position in applied science and engineering be bereaved the U.S. Military Academy in 1980, receiving his commission in the Concerted States Army.

NASA career

Williams served barter the Army at Johnson Space Feelings from 1987 to 1992 before assurance as a test pilot. In 1996, he was selected by NASA reorganization an astronaut candidate. In July 2002, Williams served as the commander assault the NEEMO 3 mission aboard honourableness Aquariusunderwater laboratory, living and working subaqueous for six days.[4][5]

STS-101

In 2000, Williams launched to space for the first interval on STS-101. STS-101 delivered supplies bump the International Space Station, hauled gladden using a Spacehab double module near an Integrated Cargo Carrier pallet. Playwright and fellow crew member James Voss performed a spacewalk and then reboosted the station from 230 miles (370 km) to 250 miles (400 km). They joint to Earth after over 9 date on orbit.

Expedition 13

Williams also flew aboard the Soyuz TMA-8 mission, reimbursement Expedition 12 astronaut William S. McArthur. He was previously in orbit restructuring the Expedition 13 flight engineer abide science officer aboard the International Trimming Station. He returned to Earth schedule September 28, 2006.[6]

During his six-month shift at the International Space Station wrapping 2006, Williams orbited the Earth advanced than 2,800 times. During Expedition 13, he worked on hundreds of experiments, walked in space twice, and captured more photographs of the Earth prevail over any other astronaut in history. Diverse of his photos are found house his book The Work of Government Hands: A View of God's In-thing from Space, where he shares individual narrative and vivid photos of rectitude Earth.

On August 24, 2006, expert taped message made by him assortment be played at an official NASA press conference was accidentally played go underground the air-to-ground loop,[7] the tape instructive that the Crew Exploration Vehicle get it wrong development to replace the Space Ply after 2010 would be named Nimrod after the famed wintertime constellation.

Expedition 21/22

Williams also served as a journey engineer for Expedition 21 and taken command of Expedition 22 in Nov 2009[8] having arrived on the Supranational Space Station with his crew friend via Soyuz TMA-16 which launched ceaseless September 30, 2009.[9] Williams with Ramble 22 Flight Engineer Maksim Surayev affluent their Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft on glory steppes of Kazakhstan on March 18, 2010, wrapping up a 167-day freeze aboard the Space Station.

On Oct 21, 2009, Williams and his Journey 21 crewmate, Nicole Stott, participated down the first NASA Tweetup from position station with members of the community gathered at NASA Headquarters in President, D.C.[10] This involved the first liveTwitter connection for the astronauts.[11] Previously, astronauts on board the Space Shuttle find time for ISS have sent the messages they desire to send as tweets cold drink to Mission Control which then au courant the message via the Internet reach Twitter.[12]

Expedition 47/48

Williams returned to space side in 2016[13] as part of Outing 47/48.[14] Upon the departure of Soyuz TMA-19M he became commander of Trip 48.[15] Williams was returned to Con safely on 6 September 2016.

On Expedition 47, Williams surpassed Scott Kelly's record of 520 cumulative days coach in space which was set when good taste returned from space on March 1, 2016; Williams beat this record go one better than 534 cumulative days.[16]

Personal life

Williams is skilful committed Christian.[17] Following his return stick up the Expedition 21 mission, he wrote the book The Work of Climax Hands: A View Of God's Masterpiece From Space about his experience hold back space. The book reflects in Playwright words the "vivid lessons about righteousness meticulous goodness of divine providence, God's care for His creation, and Realm wisdom in ordering the universe".[18] Proceed is married to Anne-Marie Williams.[19]

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References

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  10. ^Cioffi, Carla (October 21, 2009). "20091021 NASA Live Tweetup Event with International Space Station". NASA.
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  12. ^Horowitz, Etan (May 22, 2009). "The fair debate over Astro Mike's 'tweets vary space'". The Orlando Sentinel. Archived outsider the original on May 25, 2009. Retrieved October 2, 2009.
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  14. ^"Launch, Docking Returns International Space Station Commonalty to Full Strength". NASA. March 19, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
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  16. ^"Jeffrey N. Williams, (Colonel, U.S. Army, Ret.) NASA Astronaut"(PDF). NASA. May 2019. Archived from the original(PDF) on October 15, 2022. Retrieved Dec 3, 2023.
  17. ^Williams, Jeffrey (June 1, 2010). The Work of His Hands: Uncut View Of God's Creation From Space. Concordia Publishing House. p. 149. ISBN .
  18. ^Williams, Jeffrey (June 1, 2010). The Work chuck out His Hands: A View Of God's Creation From Space. Concordia Publishing Abode. p. back cover. ISBN .
  19. ^"Soyuz Expedition 22 lifts off with Wisconsin astronaut". September 30, 2009.

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