Ray Williams’ progression at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, has uniquely prepared him for his new role. As part of NASA’s plan to restore core competencies by converting contractors to civil service, the New Orleans native and Grambling State University graduate now works as a test operations support supervisor at the
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
NASA astronaut Chris Williams is all smiles in this July 26, 2026 photo taken shortly after landing with Expedition 74 Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev in Kazakhstan. This was Williams’ first mission. Williams spent eight months aboard the International Space Station, where he supported a wide range of scientific research and technology demonstrations.
Concluding an eight-month scientific mission aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Chris Williams returned to Earth on Sunday along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev. The crew made their safe, parachute-assisted landing at 5:27 am CDT (3:27 pm Kazakhstan time), southeast of Dzhezkazgan, after leaving the space station at 2:03 am, aboard
After eight months aboard the International Space Station for his first mission, NASA astronaut Chris Williams is preparing to return to Earth. During his assignment, Williams contributed to research into new cancer treatments, advanced the production of materials to improve computers and electronics, ventured into the vacuum of space to complete two spacewalks, and much
NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev are concluding their 241-day mission aboard the International Space Station. The crew and their Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft will undock from the orbital laboratory’s Rassvet module at 3:02 a.m. EDT on Sunday, July 26, and head for a parachute-assisted landing at 6:26 a.m. (3:26