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Bill Nelson

American politician and attorney (born 1942)

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  • Fame67.4
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Born 1942 · age 84United States
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  • Age
    84
    Born 1942
  • Known for
    The Russian Ninja
    1989
Summary
Updated 2026-06-09

He went to orbit as a congressman in 1986, then spent three decades in Florida politics before returning to NASA — this time running it.

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About

Clarence William Nelson II served in the Florida House in the 1970s, then represented Florida's Space Coast in Congress from 1979 to 1991. In January 1986, he flew aboard Space Shuttle Columbia as a payload specialist, the second sitting member of Congress to reach orbit. He left the House in 1990 for an unsuccessful run at governor, then served as Florida's Treasurer and Insurance Commissioner from 1995 to 2001. Elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000, he won three terms as a centrist Democrat, chairing the Aging Committee and later serving as ranking member on Commerce. He lost his 2018 reelectio…

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Sourced, dated quotes from Bill Nelson

Bill Nelson
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I have hunted all my life...but an AR-15 is not for hunting. It’s for killing.
— After the February 14, 2018 Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, on February 15, 2018 on the floor of the United States
Bill Nelson
saidundated
We are showing that planetary defense is a global endeavor, and it is very possible to save our planet.
— Congratulatory message to NASA teams, after the successful impact of the DART spacecraft into the moonlet Dimorphos of the asteroid
Bill Nelson
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Today for the first time in more than a half century, the US has returned to the moon.
— Remarks after confirmation of the successful landing of Odysseus on the southern polar region of the Moon, after about two hours of
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