[NASA] NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Returns to Earth

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NASA/Bill Ingalls

NASA astronaut Chris Williams is all smiles in this July 26, 2026, photo taken shortly after he

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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 

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 and technology demonstrations. He also completed two spacewalks to prep for space station power system upgrades and to replace a faulty joint on the Canadarm2 robotic arm.

Image credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

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