Charles Bolden
Sign in to saveAlso known as Charles F. Bolden, Charlie Bolden, Charles Frank Bolden, Charles F. Bolden Jr., Charles F. Bolden Jr, Charles Frank Bolden, Jr
23rd Administrator of NASA and astronaut
Key facts
- President
- Barack Obama
- Deputy
- Lori Garver Dava Newman
- Preceded by
- Michael D. Griffin
- Succeeded by
- Jim Bridenstine
- Born
- Charles Frank Bolden Jr. , ( 1946-08-19 ) August 19, 1946 (age 79) , Columbia, South Carolina , U.S.
- Spouse
- Alexis Walker
- Relatives
- Ethel Martin Bolden (mother)
- Education
- United States Naval Academy ( BS ) University of Southern California ( MS )
- Civilian awards
- National Space Trophy Nierenberg Prize Carl Sagan Award for Public Appreciation of Science
- Allegiance
- United States
- Branch service
- United States Marine Corps
- Years of service
- 1968–2004
- Rank
- Major General
- Commands
- I Marine Expeditionary Force 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
- Battles wars
- Vietnam War (1972–73) Desert Thunder (1998)
- Military awards
- Distinguished Service Medal Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit (2)
- Awards
- NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal NASA Exceptional Service Medal NASA Space Flight Medal
- Time in space
- 28 days, 8 hours, 37 minutes
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- NASA Astronaut Group 9
- Given name
- Frank
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Columbia
- Occupation
- airman
- Position held
- Administrator of NASA
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- space exploration
- Conflict
- Vietnam War
- Military branch
- United States Marine Corps
- Military rank
- major general
- Image
- Charles Bolden astronaut photo.jpg
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- Charles F. Bolden, Jr.
- date of birth
- 1946-08-19
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- time in space
- 40837
- commander of (DEPRECATED)
- I Marine Expeditionary Force
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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Encyclopedic overview
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. Bolden became a Marine aviator and test pilot. After his service as an astronaut, he became Deputy Commandant of Midshipmen at the Naval Academy.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Charles Bolden” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.