Dafydd Williams

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Dafydd "David" Rhys Williams is a Canadian physician, public speaker, CEO, author and retired CSA astronaut. 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. These spacewalks combined for a total duration of 17 hours and 47 minutes.

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Dafydd Rhys Williams; Dave Williams; David R. Williams; David Williams
physician, astronaut, 

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  • STS-118
    human spaceflight
  • STS-90
    human spaceflight
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    TypeSubtypeDateDescriptionNotesSource
    classorbitSTS-118Alvin Drew, Barbara Morgan, Charles O. Hobaugh, Dafydd Williams, Richard Mastracchio, Scott Kelly, Tracy Caldwell Dyson, human spaceflight,Wikidata
    classorbitSTS-90Dafydd Williams, James A. Pawelczyk, Jay C. Buckey, Kathryn P. Hire, Richard A. Searfoss, Richard M. Linnehan, Scott Altman, human spaceflight,Wikidata
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