President Joe Biden has tapped former Democratic senator and astronaut Bill Nelson to run the U.S. space agency NASA, according to two people familiar with the decision.

NASA's Apollo 16 astronauts launched to the moon on April 16, 1972. Two days later on the Space Coast, an aspiring 29-year-old Melbourne attorney named Bill Nelson announced he would run for a Florida ...

In what start-up Electra calls a first for the advanced air mobility (AAM) sector, the head of a US government agency has flown aboard the company’s Goldfinch EL2 demonstrator. NASA Administrator Bill ...

Bill Nelson has served as NASA Administrator since 2021. File Photo by Annabelle Gordon/UPI Leaders of NASA sit in an awkward position. While they are the head of a widely recognized organization, ...

WASHINGTON -- Today, former U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson will be taking over NASA. Vice President Kamala Harris swore Nelson in as the new NASA administrator Monday morning. "To have the president and vice ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — With just a month left to go before stepping down as head of NASA, Bill Nelson warns his stance on conflicts of interest might not be the same as his likely successor, ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — With less than a month left to go before stepping down as head of NASA, Bill Nelson warns his stance on conflicts of interest might not be the same as his likely successor, ...