Efallai bo+d gan rai ohonoch chi ddiddordeb yn y toriad yma o neges i'r wa+sg gan NASA, a gyhoeddwyd Dydd Sadwrn... RELEASE: 95-3 TWO INTERNATIONAL CANDIDATES TO JOIN 1995 ASTRONAUT CLASS Japanese astronaut Takao Doi, Ph.D., representing the National Space Development Agency of Japan, and Canadian astronaut David S. Williams, M.D., of the Canadian Space Agency, will join the newest group of astronaut candidates as mission specialists. . . . The candidates will report to the Johnson Space Center in March 1995 to begin a year of training and evaluation, followed by technical assignments within the Astronaut Office to further prepare them for assignment to Shuttle flight crews. Biographical data on the two international astronauts follows: . . . NAME: Dafydd (David) Rhys Williams, M.D. BIRTHDATE/PLACE:May 16, 1954 - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan EDUCATION: Attended High School in Beaconsfield, Quebec BS Biology, McGill University, Montreal 1976 MS Physiology Department, Doctorate of Medicine, and Master of Surgery from McGillUniversity 1983 CURRENT POSITION: Canadian astronaut MARITAL STATUS: Cathy Fraser, Point-Claire, Quebec Mi fuasai'n ddiddorol cael gwybod mwy am Dr Williams. Mae o'n amlwg o deulu Cymraeg - pwy a+ wy+r - efallai mai fo fydd y gofodwr cyntaf Cymraeg ei iaith? Geraint ab Eifion Labordy Gwyddoniaeth y Gofod Mullard ghj@mssl.ucl.ac.uk