NASA Administrator Bill ... afloat. Nelson, who flew to space on board Space Shuttle Columbia while a member of the House of Representatives, later served in the U.S. Senate for Florida.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has left the building, and while President Donald Trump’s nominee awaits a confirmation hearing, the head of Kennedy Space Center will keep things afloat. Nelson, who ...

Nelson and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy left the agency on Monday (Jan. 20), the day that Donald Trump began his ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — With just a month left to go before stepping down as head of NASA, Bill ... Florida in the Senate. “People will judge me on the basis of what we accomplished,” Nelson ...

I’M GOING OVER ... TESTING. NELSON BELIEVES THE STARLINER PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE, HOWEVER, IT MAY HAVE A NEW NAME In a heartfelt letter addressed to the 15th Administrator of NASA, Bill Nelson ...

Bill Nelson retires as NASA administrator; Janet Petro steps in as acting chief, awaiting Jared Isaacman’s confirmation.

On this date in 1986, then-U.S. Rep. Bill Nelson (now outgoing NASA administrator) and six additional astronauts launched aboard Space Shuttle Columbia on STS 61C. Shuttle flights had become ...

Bill Nelson has stepped ... 1986. | Credit: NASA via CNP/Getty Images In 1990, Nelson tried to become the Democratic nominee in the Florida governor's race but lost the primary to Lawton Chiles.