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Charles Bolden

Charles Bolden

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Flight record

4 flights on padside's record, flying from 1986 to 1994.

4Flights
28d 8hTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks

Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.

Biography

Charles Frank Bolden Jr. is a former Administrator of NASA, a retired United States Marine Corps Major General, and a former NASA astronaut. A 1968 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, he became a Marine Aviator and test pilot. After his service as an astronaut, he became Deputy Commandant of Midshipmen at the Naval Academy. On May 23, 2009, President Barack Obama announced the nomination of Bolden as NASA Administrator and Lori Garver as Deputy NASA Administrator. Bolden was confirmed by the Senate on July 15, 2009. He was the first African American to head the agency on a permanent basis. On January 12, 2017, Bolden announced his resignation from NASA during a town hall meeting at NASA Headquarters in Washington D.C. His last day would be January 19, and Robert M. Lightfoot Jr. was announced as acting NASA Administrator.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

Background

Born in
Columbia
Education
United States Naval Academy; University of Southern California; USC Viterbi School of Engineering; United States Naval Test Pilot School
Awards
Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy; Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science; National Aviation Hall of Fame; Nierenberg Prize; Honorary doctor of the University of Liège; and 8 more

From Wikidata.

Flights

Born 1946-08-19 · age 80