About Charles
Charles Frank Bolden Jr. (born August 19, 1946) is a retired United States Marine Corps Major General and former NASA administrator who served as the 12th head of the agency from 2009 to 2017 under President Barack Obama, making him the first African American to lead NASA on a permanent basis. He is a veteran astronaut who flew four Space Shuttle missions between 1986 and 1994, logging over 680 hours in space. Bolden is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy (1968) and holds a Master of Science in Systems Management from the University of Southern California.
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ScientistMilitary and Security ExpertEntrepreneurBusiness Leader / ExecutiveAeronauticsHuman SpaceflightLeadershipMars MissionsMilitary ServiceSpace Exploration
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- NASA Administrator (2009-2017)
- Space Shuttle pilot and commander
- Hubble Space Telescope deployment mission (STS-31, 1990)
- Marine Corps officer and aviator
- First African American NASA administrator
- First joint American-Russian Space Shuttle mission commander (STS-60, 1994)
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