CANCEL
Badges
Crossed Kármán Line
This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.
Crewmates
139
Robert L. Gibson
5
MISSIONS
36
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
149
George D. Nelson
3
MISSIONS
17.1
DAYS IN SPACE
2
SPACEWALKS
0.4
DAYS SPACEWALKING
153
Steven A. Hawley
5
MISSIONS
32.1
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
203
Charles F. Bolden Jr.
4
MISSIONS
28.4
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
204
Franklin R. Chang Díaz
7
MISSIONS
66.8
DAYS IN SPACE
3
SPACEWALKS
0.9
DAYS SPACEWALKING
206
Robert J. Cenker
1
MISSIONS
6.1
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
WIKIPEDIA EXCERPT
Clarence William Nelson II is an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from Florida from 2001 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1972 to 1978 and in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1991. In January 1986, he became the second sitting member of Congress to fly in space when he served as a payload specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia. Before entering politics he served in the U.S. Army Reserve during the Vietnam War.