Williams College is a private liberal arts college with a strong focus on undergraduate education and research in astronomy and astrophysics. The college's Department of Physics and Astronomy offers Bachelor of Science degrees in Astronomy and Astrophysics, providing students with theoretical knowledge and practical experience through observatory work. Williams College collaborates with organizations like NASA and participates in the Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium, providing access to advanced telescopes and research opportunities. The college's Hopkins Observatory is the oldest existing astronomical observatory in the United States.
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NASA returned Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to Earth aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon after an extended stay on the International Space Station.
NASA returned Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to Earth aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon after their extended stay on the International Space Station.
Anil Menon, Pyotr Dubrov, and Anna Kikina will join NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, and Chris Williams, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, Sergei Mikaev, and Andrey Fedyaev on the station.
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams spent 286 days on the International Space Station after Starliner’s crewed flight test in June 2024.
During the spacewalk, Chris Williams and Jessica Meir detached Canadarm2’s latching end effector to access the failed joint.
NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Jessica Meir completed a seven-hour and 20-minute spacewalk on June 30 to replace a malfunctioning wrist joint on the International Space Station’s Canadarm2.
The Starliner crewed flight test CFT launched in June 2024 carrying NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams on an 8-day mission.
NASA transferred Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams to the SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon mission, which returned them to Earth on March 18, 2025.
Chris Williams and Jessica Meir will detach a 408-kilogram latching end effector to access the faulty Canadarm2 joint.
NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Jessica Meir will conduct a 6.5-hour spacewalk to replace a Canadarm2 wrist joint that experienced elevated motor current on May 27.
CSA astronaut Jenny Gibbons will guide Chris Williams and Jessica Meir from mission control in Houston.
Chris Williams and Jessica Meir will replace the 91-kilogram malfunctioning Canadarm2 joint with a spare unit stored on the station exterior.
Chris Williams will perform his second EVA during the planned Canadarm2 repair spacewalk.
NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Jessica Meir will carry out the June 30 spacewalk from the station’s Quest airlock.
NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Jessica Meir will perform the spacewalk from the station’s Quest airlock.
The June 30 spacewalk will be the second spacewalk for Chris Williams and the fifth for Jessica Meir.
NASA directed all four SpaceX Crew-12 members and NASA astronaut Chris Williams to move into the Dragon spacecraft under the ISS Safe Haven contingency plan.
NASA directed all four SpaceX Crew-12 members and NASA astronaut Chris Williams to assume an elevated safety posture in the Dragon spacecraft during the repair.
NASA directed all four SpaceX Crew-12 members and NASA astronaut Chris Williams to shelter in the Dragon spacecraft under the Safe Haven contingency plan while the repair was underway.
Crew Flight Test was a developmental Starliner mission flown by NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams in 2024-25.