Explore David Richard Williams's curriculum vitae, showcasing their work and contributions to the Sciences and Exploration Directorate at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

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 …

From July 1998 until September 2002, Dave Williams held the position of Director of the Space and Life Sciences Directorate at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. With this appointment, he became the first non-American to hold a …

Dave was involved in planning medical objectives in NEEMO (NASA Extreme Environment Missions Operation) projects and in 2006 he led the NEEMO-9 mission as crew commander of an 18-day project dedicated to assessing technologies for remote medical care.

Jul 20, 2007 · Canadian Space Agency astronaut Dafydd "Dave" Williams poses for a NASA/CSA portrait. (Image credit: NASA)

Nov 3, 2018 · Former Canadian astronaut Dave Williams in his spacesuit getting ready for a spacewalk in a NASA handout photo. Handout photo by NASA As he was training in 2004 for his second space flight to help in the construction of the International Space Station, a routine visit to the doctor almost cut short Dave Williams' career as an astronaut.

As the former director of the Space and Life Sciences Directorate, Dr. Dave Williams will share how NASA recovered from tragedy and adversity, and how it developed a culture of competency that continues to attract the best and brightest.

Dave Williams: Leadership Moments from NASA. Dave is an astronaut, aquanaut, jet pilot, emergency physician, scientist, CEO, and bestselling author. He is the former Director of Space & Life Sciences at NASA’s Johnson Space Center and has flown in space twice on Space Shuttles Columbia and Endeavour.

A veteran of two space flights, STS-90 in 1998 and STS-118 in 2007, Dave Williams has logged over 687 hours in space including 3 spacewalks (EVAs) totaling 17 hours and 47 minutes establishing the record for the most spacewalks by a Canadian astronaut.