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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The Flies were the 2022 NASA astronaut class and included Christopher Williams and Jack Hathaway.
On March 18, Jessica Meir and Chris Williams prepped the International Space Station’s 2A power channel during a spacewalk.
NASA ultimately determined that Starliner was not safe enough for Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to return to Earth on a normal Starliner reentry.
NASA concluded that Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore could leave the International Space Station in an emergency on Starliner or Crew Dragon.
Christopher Williams and Jessica Meir’s extravehicular activity lasted 20 minutes longer than the planned 6 hours and 30 minutes because of a problem closing the exterior hatch.
Christopher Williams and Jessica Meir worked on the port side of the ISS main structure to assemble and secure a support structure for an iROSA deployable solar array to be installed on a later spacewalk.
Christopher Williams completed his first spacewalk on this EVA, and Jessica Meir completed her fourth.
Christopher Williams and Jessica Meir returned to the International Space Station after a spacewalk.
Christopher Williams and Jessica Meir are members of Expedition 74.
Boeing’s Starliner launched on June 5, 2024 carrying NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station.
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth in March 2025 aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon.
The 2024 Starliner failures left NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams stranded aboard the International Space Station for nine months.
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned home safely in March 2025.
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams launched on a mission in June 2024 that was planned to last eight to 14 days.
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were reassigned to the NASA-SpaceX Crew-9 mission after the Starliner spacecraft was judged unfit to fly them back.
Following the second uncrewed Starliner test, NASA changed the CFT configuration to only two astronauts who ultimately were Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore.
Williams and Wilmore were moved to SpaceX Crew-9, which required removing two astronauts from that Crew Dragon manifest to accommodate the Starliner astronauts.
Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore docked to the ISS on June 6, 2024 after initial failures affected five of 28 Starliner reaction control system thrusters and four of those thrusters were restored prior to arrival.
Wendy Williams is a scientist at the Square Kilometre Array Observatory associated with the LoTSS-DR3 context.
The June 5, 2024 Starliner mission carried NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams as part of the Commercial Crew Program.