Sen. Bill Nelson

NPR

Published January 31, 2003 at 7:00 PM HST

Florida Senator Bill Nelson flew on the last shuttle mission before the 1986 Challenger explosion and joins host Steve Inkseep to share his perspective as a former astronaut and Floridian.

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