Mission Title: Payload Specialist

Kristen Williams is in fifth grade at Columbus Magnet School. She is in Mrs. Dana’s and Mrs. Bray’s classroom. In kindergarten, Kristen won 1st prize in the citywide science fair. In third grade she won the Stew Leonard’s prize in the city wide science fair. Kristen is in Academically Talented and Artistically Talented.  She is also in Student Council.  She has been in the Young Astronauts program for five years.

Kristen was born on February 27, 1998 in Stamford Hospital. She was born 10 weeks early and she weighed only 3 lbs., 5 ozs. Her brother Ryan used to go to Columbus, where he was in the Century Mission for Young Astronauts in 2004.  Now he is a sophomore at A.I.T.E (Academy of Information Technology and Engineering) in Stamford. Kristen has two dogs, Charlotte and Lola, four birds, Sunny, Lime, Sky and Oreo, and one cat named Smudge.

Kristen is in hip-hop at Norwalk Dance Academy. She has been dancing for about six years and has also taken ballet, tap, and jazz. Sometimes she does Crystal Theatre. Her first show was called “Bugs”. In the spring time Kristen plays soccer in the Norwalk Jr. Soccer Association. She is very good at defense and midfield. This year Kristen is also in Girl Scouts. It is her first year.

Kristen thinks the mission will be hard but fun. She thinks it will be fun because the Young Astronauts will all be such good friends by then and they will have a great time.

Number of family members: 4
Eyes: dark brown
Hair: curly brown
Two favorite colors: yellow and purple
Favorite food: her mom’s mashed potatoes
Favorite dessert: ultimate chocolate chip cookies
Favorite baseball teams: Boston Red Sox and New York Mets