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| Forum: | Space Explorers & Workers |
| Topic: | Bill Nelson, 14th NASA Administrator |
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| | Robert Pearlman | From NASA (via Twitter): The Senate Commerce Committee voted today to advance former Sen. Bill Nelson's nomination for NASA Administrator. The nomination now goes to the full Senate for a confirmation vote. | | Robert Pearlman | The U.S. Senate has confirmed Bill Nelson as the 14th administrator of NASA. From the U.S. Senate Periodical Press Gallery: Confirmed by unanimous consent: Executive Calendar #113 Bill Nelson to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. | | Robert Pearlman | NASA release Statements on Bill Nelson's Senate Confirmation as NASA AdministratorThe following are statements from Sen. Bill Nelson and acting NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk on Thursday's U.S. Senate confirmation of Nelson as the 14th administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration: "I am honored by the President's nomination and the Senate vote," Nelson said. "I will try to merit that trust. Onward and upward!" "I'm happy to welcome Bill to the NASA family," said Jurczyk. "It's been an amazing year for NASA and our commercial and international partners, and I look forward to working with Bill and the Biden-Harris Administration to build on the incredible momentum we've built so far. It has been an honor to serve as acting administrator, but it's the NASA workforce that makes the agency one-of-a-kind. Thank you for all you do to advance NASA's critical missions." | | Robert Pearlman | From Sabrina Singh, Deputy Press Secretary for the Vice President (via Twitter): A pretty amazing way to kick off the week. Vice President Kamala Harris swears in NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and yes, a moon rock was present.  In attendance were Nelson's wife Grace, his daughter Nan Ellen Nelson and son Bill Nelson, Jr.; former NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden; NASA Deputy Administrator nominee Pam Melroy; and virtually, former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. About the moon rock (from the White House press pool): - The Apollo 16 lunar sample was collected by John Young about 15 meters southwest of the landing site.
- The rock weighs 129 grams. It is a fragment of the original rock that weighed 4,307 grams when returned to Earth.
- The sample is a polymict breccia. The rock like all lunar highland breccias is very old, about 3,900,000,000 years, older than 99 percent of all Earth surface rocks.
| | Robert Pearlman | NASA photos (credit: Aubrey Gemignani) Former Senator Bill Nelson is ceremonially sworn-in as the 14th NASA Administrator by Vice President Kamala Harris on, Monday, May 3, 2021, at the Ceremonial Office in the Old Executive Office Building in Washington.  
| | Robert Pearlman | NASA release Vice President Harris Swears in NASA Administrator Sen. Bill NelsonSen. Bill Nelson took office as the 14th administrator of NASA Monday, after he was given the oath of office by Vice President Kamala Harris during a ceremony at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. In his new role at NASA, Nelson will lead the nation's space program as it carries out critical missions, including landing the first woman and first person of color on the Moon with the Artemis program, expanding climate change research, fostering innovation and enhancing the U.S. economy and STEM workforce. "It's an honor to be sworn in by Vice President Harris to serve as NASA administrator, and I look forward to a continued, strong relationship with her as chair of the National Space Council," Nelson said after the ceremony. "I want to thank Steve Jurczyk for his leadership as Acting Administrator over the past few months, helping to carry out the Biden-Harris Administration's priorities and ensure the success of NASA's goals and missions. You've seen the incredible accomplishments at NASA over the past 100 or so days – the proof is in the pudding." As part of the swearing-in ceremony, Vice President Harris and Nelson were joined via video conference by Jim Bridenstine, who preceded Nelson as administrator, and in-person by Charles F. Bolden, who served as administrator from 2009 to 2017. Nelson's family and Pam Melroy, nominee for NASA deputy administrator, were guests at the ceremony. "I was glad to be joined today by my rock, my wife, Grace, my children, deputy administrator nominee Col. Pam Melroy, and former NASA Administrators Charlie Bolden and Jim Bridenstine, whose standing with me symbolizes the continuity of purpose and bipartisanship," Nelson said. "It's an incredible time for the aerospace sector, and I'm excited to lead NASA's workforce into an exciting future!" "Congratulations, Mr. Administrator, for all the work you've done and all you've dedicated to our country," Vice President Harris said. "I couldn't agree more that this has to be about our nation and what is best for our nation, unencumbered by partisan politics, but based on what we know is the right thing to do." The U.S. Senate confirmed Nelson to serve as the NASA administrator April 29. Nelson has an extensive history of working with NASA and has been integral to the agency's current successes. Prior to his nomination, was a member-at-large on NASA's advisory council. From 2001 to 2019, Nelson represented Florida in the U.S. Senate, where he served as ranking member of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and led its Subcommittee on Science and Space. Previously, Nelson represented Florida's 9th and 11th districts in the U.S. House of Representatives. While chair of the House space subcommittee, Nelson flew aboard the space shuttle Columbia as a payload specialist on the STS-61C mission in 1986, where he conducted 12 medical experiments including the first American stress test in space and a cancer research experiment sponsored by university researchers. The mission also included Bolden, as pilot. | | Robert Pearlman | collectSPACE Past in mind, NASA Administrator looks to future on visit to Johnson Space CenterBill Nelson's trip to the Johnson Space Center in Houston this week evoked memories of his first visit to the home of U.S. human spaceflight more than 35 years ago. Now a former senator and the current head of NASA, Nelson was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives when he first reported to Johnson in 1985. After several months of training, Nelson became the second congressional observer fly into Earth orbit, lifting off as a payload specialist on the last space shuttle mission before the Challenger tragedy in January 1986. "I had the privilege of spending some time here," Nelson told reporters at Johnson Space Center on Thursday (Sep. 2.). "I discovered my fondness for chicken fajitas here."  | |
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