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 down as NASA administrator ... In January 1986, Nelson flew on the STS-61-C mission of the space shuttle Columbia, becoming the first sitting member of the U.S. House ...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson stepped down on Monday ... Previously, he flew aboard the space shuttle Columbia on the STS-61C mission in 1986. In addition to making progress on Artemis ...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has left the building ... 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 ...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has left the building ... 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 ...

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have said they were unaware of any offer by Elon Musk to bring them back to ...

Stranded NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams will return to Earth after being in space since June 2024 for a ...

“I can tell you unequivocally, from a personal standpoint, that politics has not played any part in this decision,” then-NASA ...

Bill Nelson and six additional astronauts launched aboard Space Shuttle Columbia on STS 61C. Shuttle flights had become fairly routine at this point. But this mission would be the last successful ...