NASA astronaut Chris Williams will summarize his recent eight-month mission aboard the International Space Station during a press conference at 2:45 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, August 4 from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

NASA will broadcast this event live across a variety of platforms. Learn where to watch online:

NASA Live

US-based media interested in attending in person should contact NASA’s Johnson newsroom no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, July 31 at jsccommu@mail.nasa.gov.

Media wishing to participate by phone must contact the Johnson newsroom no later than two hours before the start of the event. To ask a question by phone, media must call the press conference no later than 15 minutes before the start of the call. NASA’s media accreditation policy is available online.

Williams returned to Earth on July 26, after spending 241 days as a flight engineer for Expedition 73/74 during its first space flight. He returned alongside Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, completing 3,856 Earth orbits over the course of their more than 102 million mile journey. They also saw the arrival of six visiting spacecraft and the departure of eight.

During his mission, Williams supported a wide range of scientific research and technology demonstrations. It helped advance research into new cancer treatments and improved space manufacturing of materials used in high-performance computers and electronics. Williams also completed two spacewalks to prepare for upgrades to the space station’s power system and to replace a faulty joint on the Canadarm2 robotic arm. The crew’s work aboard the space station helps improve life on Earth and prepare for future human missions to the Moon and Mars.

For more information about the International Space Station’s research, operations and crews, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/station

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Joshua Finch
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov

Anna Schneider
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
anna.c.schneider@nasa.gov