Congressman Bill Nelson Launch aboard the space shuttle Columbia on the 12th of January 1986 and landed on the 18th.
U.S Sen. Bill Nelson, a Florida Democrat, flew aboard Columbia in 1986, when he was a congressman.
January 12-18, 1986 .
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Florida's Senior Senator is Bill Nelson of the Democratic Party. He assumed office on January 3, 2001, after defeating Bill McCollum of the Republican party to fill the Senate seat vacated by Republican Senator Connie Mack. Senator Nelson was reelected in 2006 and 2012. Senator Bill Nelson was a member of the Florida house of Representatives from 1972-1979, and a six term US congressman from 1979-1991. He is also the second member of the United States House of Representatives to fly in space while a sitting Congressman. He flew as a payload specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia.
Yes. Columbia was the first of the space shuttles to actually fly into space. The first recognizable 'space shuttle' was called the Enterrprise. It was built to do glide and landing tests before the Columbia flew into space in 1981.
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Columbia first launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Yes, it was the first space shuttle to go to space
Columbia.
Space Shuttle Columbia
The first Space shuttle to launch was Columbia in April of 1981
The Columbia.