International Space Station

Long Duration Spaceflight:  Williams to become NASA’s longest-duration space flier 

NASA’s Jeff Williams, the current International Space Station commander, is in line on Aug. 24 to break the U.S. record of 520 days for time accumulated in space over a career that includes four spaceflights. The current record was established Mar. 1, 2016, as Scott Kelly returned to Earth after nearly a year in Earth orbit aboard the space station. Williams, however, will first join with fellow NASA astronaut Kate Rubins for an Aug. 19 spacewalk to install an International Docking Adapter on the station to accommodate future U.S. commercial crew launch vehicles developed by Boeing and SpaceX.

Citizens for Space Exploration – a pro-space, taxpayer, grassroots advocacy group (http://www.bayareahouston.com/content/c_s_e/c_s_e) – has traveled to Washington, D.C. the past 24 years to meet face-to-face with Members/staff of Congress to discuss the value of America’s investment in space exploration. In order to sustain that dialogue on a regular basis, Citizens distributes “Space Exploration Update” to Congressional offices on a weekly basis. The intent is to provide an easy, quick way to stay abreast of key human space exploration program and policy developments.