ISS Commander To Set New U.S. Career Spaceflight Record

Credit: Jeff Williams aboard ISS: NASA
HOUSTON—Veteran NASA astronaut Jeff Williams will break the U.S. record for time accumulated in space over a career on Aug. 24. Williams will eclipse the 520-day mark set by colleague Scott Kelly, as Kelly returned to Earth on March 1 following a U.S. record-setting 340 days in space for a single...

Subscription Required

 

This content requires a subscription to one of the Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) bundles.

Schedule a demo today to find out how you can access this content and similar content related to your area of the global aviation industry.

Already an AWIN subscriber? Login

 

Did you know?  Aviation Week has won top honors multiple times in the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards, the business-to-business media equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes.