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Dafydd Williams

Dafydd Williams
OC OOnt FCFPC FRCPC FRCP FRCGS
Official portrait, 2006
Born
Dafydd Rhys Williams

(1954-05-16) May 16, 1954 (age 70)
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
EducationMcGill University (BSc, MSc, MD, ChM)
SpouseCathy Fraser
Children3
Awards
Space career
Canadian Space Agency astronaut
NASA astronaut
Time in space
28d 15h 47m
SelectionCSA Group (1992)
NASA Group 15 (1994)
Total EVAs
3
Total EVA time
17h 47m
Missions
Mission insignia
WebsiteOfficial website

Dafydd Rhys "David" Williams[1] OC OOnt FCFPC FRCPC FRCP FRCGS (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]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "CSA - Dr. Dafydd (Dave) Rhys Williams". Canadian Space Agency. March 2008.
  3. ^ a b c "Astronaut Bio: Dafydd (Dave) R. Williams". NASA. March 2008.
  4. ^ "Astronaut Dave Williams Biography". astronautdavewilliams.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2011.

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