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

BUT TIME AT THE TOP FOR BILL NELSON IS RUNNING OUT. THE ONE TIME ASTRONAUT, SENATOR, AND NOW NASA ADMINISTRATOR WILL SOON MAKE WAY FOR A NEW LEADER. TODAY, IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH WESH TWO ...

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 ...