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Dafydd Williams | |
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 Official portrait, 2006 | |
| Born | Dafydd Rhys Williams May 16, 1954 |
| Education | McGill University (BSc, MSc, MD, ChM) |
| Spouse | Cathy Fraser |
| Children | 3 |
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| Space career | |
| Canadian Space Agency astronaut NASA astronaut | |
Time in space | 28d 15h 47m |
| Selection | CSA Group (1992) NASA Group 15 (1994) |
Total EVAs | 3 |
Total EVA time | 17h 47m |
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Mission insignia |   |
| Website | Official website |
Dafydd Rhys "David" Williams[1] (born May 16, 1954)[2] is a Canadian physician, public speaker, author and retired CSA astronaut.[3] Williams was a mission specialist on two Space Shuttle missions. His first spaceflight, STS-90 in 1998, was a 16-day mission aboard Space Shuttle Columbia dedicated to neuroscience research. His second flight, STS-118 in August 2007, was flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station. During that mission he performed three spacewalks, becoming the third Canadian to perform a spacewalk and setting a Canadian record for total number of spacewalks.[4] These spacewalks combined for a total duration of 17 hours and 47 minutes.[3]
In 1998, Williams became the first non-American to hold a senior management position within NASA, when he held the position of Director of the Space and Life Sciences Directorate at the Johnson Space Center and Deputy Associate Administrator of the Office of Spaceflight at NASA Headquarters.[3]
- ^ "Trustees select 'Dr. David R. Williams Public School' as name for new Oakville elementary school". www.hdsb.ca. Halton District School Board. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
- ^ "CSA - Dr. Dafydd (Dave) Rhys Williams". Canadian Space Agency. March 2008.
- ^ a b c "Astronaut Bio: Dafydd (Dave) R. Williams". NASA. March 2008.
- ^ "Astronaut Dave Williams Biography". astronautdavewilliams.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2011.