Nelson Bill

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Nelson Bill

Clarens William (Bill) Nelson Status: Inactive. Trained as: Astronaut. Profession: Payload Specialist. Sex: Male. Marital Status: Married. Children: Two. Birth Date: 29 September 1942. Birth City: Miami. Birth State: Florida. Birth Country: USA. Nationality: American. Group: Payload Specialist. Date Selected: 01 September 1985. Date Departed: 18 January 1986. Number of Flights: 1. Total Time: 6.09 days.

Flight Log

STS-61-C - - 1986 Jan 12 - Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight Time: 6.09 days. Flight details: STS-61-C.
Manned seven crew. Launched Satcom K1. Payloads: Deploy SATCOM (RCA-Satellite Communi-cations) Ku-1 with Payload Assist Module (PAM)-D II. Materials Science Laboratory, Comet Halley Active Monitoring Experiment (CHAMP), Hitchhiker (HH) Goddard (G)-1, thirteen getaway specials (GAS), student experiment, Initial Blood Storage Equipment (lBSE), Characterization of Space Motion Sickness (SMS).

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