Dafydd Williams

Quick Facts

Full Name	Dafydd Williams
Occupation	Astronaut
Date Of Birth	May 16, 1954(1954-05-16)
Age	70
Birthplace	Saskatoon
Country	Canada
Birth City	Saskatchewan
Horoscope	Taurus

Dafydd Williams Biography

Dafydd Williams is one of the most popular and richest Astronaut who was born on May 16, 1954 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. A physician as well as CSA astronaut who was the first non-American to be in the position of a top management position at NASA.

Third Canadian to have walked in space. He is the third Canadian to walk in space; Chris Hadfield is the first. is the first.

Williams was awarded the Commonwealth Certificate of Thanks in 1973 and the Commonwealth Recognition Award (1975) for his contribution to the Royal Life Saving Society of Canada. Academic awards include the A.S. Hill Bursary, McGill University, in 1980; the Walter Hoare Bursary, McGill University, in 1981; and the J.W. McConnell Award, McGill University, from 1981 to 1983. He was named Faculty Scholar in 1982 and University Scholar in 1983 by the faculty of medicine at McGill University. In 1983, he also received the psychiatry prize and the Wood Gold Medal for clinical excellence from the Faculty of Medicine and was named on the dean’s honor list by the physiology department, at McGill University, for his postgraduate research. He was twice awarded the second prize for his participation in the University of Toronto Emergency Medicine Research Papers Program, in 1986, and 1988, and received top honors in that competition in 1987.

Williams attended high school in Beaconsfield, Quebec and earned a Bachelor of Science in biology from McGill University in 1976, a Master of Science in physiology, and a Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgery from McGill University in 1983. He completed a residency in family practice in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, in 1985 and obtained fellowship in emergency medicine from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, following completion of a residency in emergency medicine at the University of Toronto, in 1988.

He was married Cathy Fraser and had two children.

Dafydd Williams Net Worth

Dafydd Williams is one of the richest Astronaut from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Dafydd Williams 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He conducted research on emergency medicine.

He was a pilot in two Space Shuttle missions and set the Canadian record for spacewalks in the year that he completed his third spacewalk.

Dafydd Rhys Williams OC OOnt CCFP FCFP FRCPC FRCP (born May 16, 1954) is a Canadian physician, public speaker, CEO, author and a retired CSA astronaut. Williams was a mission specialist on two space shuttle missions. His first spaceflight, STS-90 in 1998, was a 16-day mission aboard Space Shuttle Columbia dedicated to neuroscience research. His second flight, STS-118 in August 2007, was flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station. During that mission he performed three spacewalks, becoming the third Canadian to perform a spacewalk and setting a Canadian record for total number of spacewalks. These spacewalks combined for a total duration of 17 hours and 47 minutes.

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Williams was on a mission specialist 3 on STS-90 Neurolab (April 17 to May 3, 1998). During the 16-day Spacelab flight, the seven-person crew aboard space shuttle Columbia served as both experiment subjects and operators for 26 individual life science experiments focusing on the effects of microgravity on the brain and nervous system. The STS-90 flight orbited the Earth 256 times, covered 6.3 million miles, and logged Williams over 381 hours in space.

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Dafydd Ranked on the list of most popular Astronaut. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Dafydd Williams celebrates birthday on May 16 of every year.

In 1998, Williams became the first non-American to hold a senior management position within NASA, when he held the position of Director of the Space and Life Sciences Directorate at the Johnson Space Center and Deputy Associate Administrator of the Office of Spaceflight at NASA Headquarters.

What did Dafydd Williams do?

Williams was a mission specialist on two Space Shuttle missions. His first spaceflight, STS-90 in 1998, was a 16-day mission aboard Space Shuttle Columbia dedicated to neuroscience research. His second flight, STS-118 in August 2007, was flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station.

How old is Dafydd Williams?

68 years (May 16, 1954)

Where was Dafydd Williams born?

Saskatoon, Canada

When was Dafydd Williams born?

May 16, 1954 (age 68 years)

Where did Dafydd Williams go to school?

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