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Jeffrey Williams (astronaut)
American astronaut and US Army officer (born 1958)
Jeffrey Nels Williams (born January 18, 1958) is a retired United States Army officer and a NASAastronaut.
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He is a veteran of four space flights and formerly held the American record for most days spent in space, which was surpassed in April 2017 by his colleague Peggy Whitson.[1] He still holds the record of the longest time in space for an American man.
Early life and education
Williams was born in Superior, Wisconsin, and raised in Winter, Wisconsin. During his childhood, Williams reached the rank of Star Scout, the third-highest in the Boy Scouts of America.[2][3] During the Jamboree on the Air in October 2009 he communicated with Boy Scouts in the National Scouting Museum in Texas from the International Space Station.[3] Williams graduated from Winter High School in Winter, Wisconsin, in 1976.
He earned a degree in applied science and engineering fr