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Key facts
- Born
- Jeffrey Nels Williams , ( 1958-01-18 ) January 18, 1958 (age 68) , Superior, Wisconsin , U.S.
- Education
- United States Military Academy ( BS )
- Rank
- Colonel , USA
- Time in space
- 534d 2h 48m
- Selection
- NASA Group 16 (1996)
- Total eva time
- 31h 55m
- Missions
- STS-101 , Soyuz TMA-8 ( Expedition 13 ), Soyuz TMA-16 ( Expedition 21 / 22 ), Soyuz TMA-20M ( Expedition 47 / 48 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- NASA Astronaut Group 16
- Given name
- Jeffrey
- Family name
- Williams
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Superior
- Occupation
- test pilot
- Educated at
- Naval Postgraduate School
- Employer
- NASA
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Military rank
- colonel
- Image
- Jeffrey N. Williams 2009.jpg
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- Commons category
- Jeffrey N. Williams
- date of birth
- 1958-01-18
- time in space
- 769128
- name in native language
- Jeffrey Nels Williams
- member of the crew of
- Soyuz TMA-20M
- social media followers
- 88378
- member of
- Expedition 22
- P450
- Soyuz TMA-8
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Encyclopedic overview
Jeffrey Nels Williams (born January 18, 1958) is a retired United States Army officer and a NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of four space flights and formerly held the American record for most days spent in space, which was surpassed in April 2017 by his colleague Peggy Whitson.
Early life and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jeffrey Williams” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.