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Montgomery Blair graduate Chris Williams returns from ISS after eight-month mission
Summary
County Executive Mark Elridge celebrated Chris Williams, a Montgomery Blair High School alumnus and NASA astronaut, who returned Sunday after eight months on the International Space Station and worked on cancer-research-related projects and two spacewalks.
Elridge noted Chris Williams, a Montgomery Blair High School graduate who later attended Stanford and MIT, returned to Earth Sunday after an eight-month mission on the International Space Station. Elridge said Williams worked on cancer-research projects and assisted on repairs to the station's robotic arm during a spacewalk.
Elridge called Williams' mission an inspirational example for local students and said the county is proud of his accomplishments.
