NASA astronaut Chris Williams will recap his recent eight-month mission aboard the International Space Station during a news conference at 2:45 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Aug. 4, from the agency\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston.<\/p>\n
NASA will stream this event live through a variety of platforms. Learn where to watch online:<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live<\/a><\/p>\n United States-based media interested in attending in person must contact the NASA Johnson newsroom no later than 5 p.m., Friday, July 31, at jsccommu@mail.nasa.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n Media wishing to participate by phone must contact the Johnson newsroom no later than two hours before the start of the event. To ask a question by phone, media must dial into the news conference no later than 15 minutes prior to the start of the call. NASA\u2019s media accreditation policy<\/a> is available online.<\/p>\n Williams returned to Earth<\/a> on July 26, after logging 241 days as an Expedition 73\/74 flight engineer during his first spaceflight. He returned along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, completing 3,856 orbits of the Earth over the course of their more than 102-million-mile journey. They also saw the arrival of six visiting spacecraft and the departure of eight.<\/p>\n During his mission, Williams supported a wide range of scientific investigations<\/a> and technology demonstrations. He helped advance research for new cancer treatments and improved in-space manufacturing of materials used in high-performance computers and electronics. Williams also completed two spacewalks to prep for space station power system upgrades<\/a> and to replace a faulty joint<\/a> on the Canadarm2 robotic arm. The crew\u2019s work aboard<\/a> the space station helps improve life on Earth and prepare for future human missions to the Moon and Mars.<\/p>\n To learn more about International Space Station research, operations, and its crews, visit:<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/station<\/a><\/p>\n -end-<\/p>\n Joshua Finch
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n