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Charles Frank Bolden Jr. (born August 19, 1946) is a former Administrator of NASA, a retired United States Marine Corps Major General, and a former astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy with the class of 1968.
Feb 13, 2024 · Maj. Gen. Charles Frank Bolden, Jr., (USMC-Ret.) was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the 12th Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Feb 16, 2023 · Maj. Gen. Charles Bolden, the first African American NASA Administrator, was born in 1946 in Columbia, South Carolina. Growing up in South Carolina, Bolden and his family faced racial discrimination in the segregated United States.
Jul 26, 2023 · First as a Marine Corps Major General and then as NASA Administrator, Charles F. Bolden Jr. has dedicated his life to the service of the United States, working to secure our nation’s security and prosperity and guiding efforts to explore our universe and better understand our fragile planet.
Jun 18, 2024 · Maj. Gen. Charles Frank Bolden, Jr., (USMC-Ret.) was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the 12th Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Charles Bolden, American astronaut who served as administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from 2009 to 2017. He was the first African American to hold that position. Learn more about Bolden’s life and career, including his four spaceflights.
Bolden returned to NASA in 2009 after being nominated by President Barack Obama as the agency’s 12th administrator. He led the agency in developing the Space Launch...
Feb 10, 2016 · Then in 2009, he was appointed the administrator of NASA, the first African-American to hold the office. But that first critical step of attending the Naval Academy almost didn't happen, Bolden...
As pilot and then commander on four momentous shuttle missions, Bolden created a legacy that would make him the first African American appointed administrator of NASA, and help him develop innovations such as the deep-space vessel, the Orion.
Feb 13, 2024 · In honor of Black History Month, we are shining the light on Charles Bolden, retired Marine Corps Major General and NASA’s first African American Administrator. Through an oral history with the Intrepid Museum, Bolden recalls how Dr. Ronald McNair, the second Black astronaut in space, pushed him to apply to the astronaut corps.
