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| Photo of Charles F. Bolden Jr., NASA Administrator (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls) |
In May 2009, Charles F. Bolden, Jr. (Major General, USMC Ret.) was appointed past times U.S. President Barack Obama every 2nd the Administrator of the National Aeronautics as well as Space Administration, the caput postal service at the U.S. infinite exploration agency.
Born August 19, 1946 inward Columbia, South Carolina to Charles Bolden, Sr., an educator as well as caput H.S. football game coach, as well as Ethel Bolden, an educator as well as librarian whose industrial plant included establishing libraries inward Columbia's dark simple schools.
In 1964, Bolden graduated from C.A. Johnson High School. In 1968, he earned a B.S. marker inward Electrical Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy, joining the U.S. Marine Corps the same year. In 1977, he earned a M.S. marker inward Systems Management from the University of Southern California as well as 2 years afterward graduated from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School.
The get-go dark administrator of NASA, Bolden was inspired past times the belatedly Ronald E. McNair, the African American astronaut that died inward the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster inward 1986. "It was Ron who inspired me to submit my application to the infinite program," said Bolden to The State, a South Carolina homepage.
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| Photo of Major General Charles F. Bolden, Jr. |
In 1980, Bolden was selected to bring together NASA every 2nd an astronaut. He traveled to orbit iv times. He flew inward iv infinite shuttle missions, including piloting the Space Shuttle Columbia as well as deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope. Bolden served 34 years inward the nation of war machine earlier retiring inward 2003 every 2nd the Commanding General of the Third Marine Aircraft Wing.
Bolden is married to the quondam Alexis "Jackie" Walker. They convey 2 children, Kelly Michelle, a plastic surgeon, as well as Anthony Che, a lieutenant colonel inward the Marine Corps.
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