CF Bolden, Jr. - 19.08.1946

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77 lat skończył Charles Frank 'Charlie' Bolden, Jr.

https://twitter.com/ASE_Astronauts/status/1692899531728261622

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196. człowiek w kosmosie.
Odbył 4 loty kosmiczne, które trwały łącznie 28d 08g 38d 43m.

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/bolden-cf.pdf

https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/oral_histories/BoldenCF/BoldenCF_1-6-04.htm

http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/astronauts/english/bolden_charles.htm
http://www.astronautix.com/b/bolden.html
https://www.worldspaceflight.com/bios/b/bolden-c.php

https://mek.kosmo.cz/bio/usa/00196.htm
https://www.kozmo-data.sk/kozmonauti/bolden-jr-charles-frank.html
https://www.astronaut.ru/crossroad/196.htm
https://www.april12.eu/usaastron/bolden196ru.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bolden
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_F._Bolden_Jr.

https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/oral_histories/BoldenCF/BoldenCF_1-15-04.htm

Stephane SEBILE @spacemen1969 12:03 AM · Aug 19, 2025
19 août
Joyeux anniversaire (79) à Charlie Bolden 🎂🎂🎂
(Un des astronautes les plus expérimentés avec 4 vols : pilote de STS-61C et 31 puis Commandant de STS-45 et 60.
A été Administrateur de la NASA)
Interview pour Space Quotes - Souvenirs d'espace https://spacemen1969.blogspot.com/2011/07/interview-de-charles-bolden-directeur.html

https://twitter.com/spacemen1969/status/1957563909680033992

Joyeux anniversaire (77) à Charlie Bolden🎂🎂🎂
(Un des astronautes les plus expérimentés avec 4 vols : pilote de STS-61C et 31 puis Commandant de STS-45 et 60. A été Administrateur de la NASA)
Interview pour Space Quotes - Souvenirs d'espace https://spacemen1969.blogspot.com/2011/07/interview-de-charles-bolden-directeur.html

Kod: [Zaznacz]

https://twitter.com/spacemen1969/status/1692780432943681547https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1692962130105164055

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In a message to NASA employees, Administrator Charles Bolden celebrates the legacy of Neil Armstrong, who died Saturday, Aug. 25, at age 82.


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Charles Bolden Jr: Space exploration should not be politicised | The InnerView (2023)

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Former astronaut Charles Bolden picked to lead NASA
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSION Posted: May 23, 2009


President Barack Obama meets with General Charles Bolden, right, and White House aides earlier this week in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. Credit: Official White House photo by Pete Souza

Nineteen years after helping launch the Hubble Space Telescope, Charles F. Bolden Jr., a former combat pilot, Marine Corps major general and veteran space shuttle commander, has been selected by the Obama administration to serve as the space agency's next administrator. Lori Garver, a former NASA associate administrator for policy and plans and a space policy advisor to the Obama campaign, will serve as Bolden's deputy. (...)
https://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0905/23bolden/
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Space/story?id=7679385&page=1

NASA chief defends Obama’s space plan
https://news.mit.edu/2010/bolden-visit-0512

Q&A with Charles Bolden, Former NASA Administrator and Astronaut
Published Date October 12, 2017

Bolden to receive Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest and deliver a presentation at a free public event at Scripps Oceanography October 17

Q: During the 14 years you served as a NASA astronaut, you flew on four missions. Is there one particular memory that stands out during your time in space?

CB: Every one of my four missions was unique for different reasons. The first one was unique because it was my first flight and that was an absolutely unbelievable experience. I had the privilege of flying with a phenomenal crew, including then-Congressman Bill Nelson, who is now U.S. Senator Bill Nelson of Florida. We became very good friends over that experience. The other thing that was memorable about my first flight was that we landed ten days before we lost Challenger. I went from about as high as you could be having come back from my first flight in space, to about as low as a person can be having just lost seven very good friends.

https://today.ucsd.edu/story/qa-with-charles-bolden-former-nasa-administrator-and-astronaut

A Conversation With Charles Bolden
by Stephen Petranek, AARP, July 2016

U.S. space commander talks about visiting Mars, threats from asteroids and international collaboration in space


BY POON WATCHARA-AMPHAIWAN

What changed your thinking?

I met Ron McNair, the second African American to fly in space. He asked if I was going to apply for the space program after Marines flight school, and I told him, "They'd never pick me." He looked me in the eye and said, "That's the dumbest thing I ever heard. How do you know if you don't ask?" He embarrassed me into filling out my application.

https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/history/info-2016/american-astronaut-charles-bolden-interview.html

Exclusive: Space News Interview with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden
Amy Svitak January 17, 2011

Cost growth on the James Webb Space Telescope is threatening funds for other astronomy missions. Given that cost growth and delays occur on nearly all flagship-class missions, should NASA revert to the “faster, better, cheaper” mission mantra of the Dan Goldin era?

Our situation with James Webb — no one is as angry as I am about that. However, there have been no decisions on other programs as a result of what we found with James Webb. I have made some significant management changes in the program. [NASA Associate Administrator] Chris Scolese is my representative to oversee the totality of this program, and we’re working with NASA’s Science Mission Directorate to see what impact it will have down the road on other programs. But we’ve not made any adjustments to other programs based on James Webb. I was never a person who believed in the faster, better, cheaper mantra. And so you’re not going to hear me go back to faster, better, cheaper.

https://spacenews.com/exclusive-space-news-interview-nasa-administrator-charles-bolden/

Astronauta wśród skafandrów kosmicznych, które z powodu EVA w STS-31 Discovery/F-10 HST nie zostały użyte.

STS-31 pilot Charles F. Bolden, is surrounded by extravehicular mobility unit spacesuits in the airlock of the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Discovery. The suits did not get used outside the spacecraft as the mission's spacewalk was cancelled. Bolden's role in the spacewalk, had it happened, would have kept him inside the orbiter, supporting the efforts of two crewmates.

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Credit: NASA Image Number: s31-02-021 Date: April 29, 1990

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasacommons/29030690274

Exclusive Veteran Interview: The Honorable Major General Charles Bolden, Jr., USMC (Ret.)
July 5, 2022
https://www.armedforcesreunions.com/exclusive-veteran-interview-the-honorable-major-general-charles-bolden-jr-usmc-ret/

https://vpk.name/en/912906_ex-nasa-director-charles-bolden-i-am-a-constant-optimist-and-believe-that-space-brings-peoples-closer-together-tass-interview.html

In Their Own Words: Astronauts on 25 Years of Hubble (Part 1)
by Emily Carney 10 years ago

(...) We can thank the astronauts who performed Hubble’s servicing missions for making it possible to correct the observatory’s initial lens flaw. These crews, who spent a lot of time training for their missions and did a lot of exceptionally hard work on orbit, also significantly extended Hubble’s lifespan. Thanks to their dedication and bravery, we have had many additional years of science and discoveries that we will continue to examine for years to come. They helped us to innovate new tools for use in microgravity and gain valuable experience for future missions to deep space on our journey to Mars, where we will certainly need to work outside the confines of a habitat and work in real time on spacecraft and instruments that can only be serviced with human intellect and expertise. (...)
https://www.americaspace.com/2015/04/23/in-their-own-words-astronauts-on-25-years-of-hubble-part-1/

In Their Own Words: Astronauts on 25 Years of Hubble (Part 2)
by Emily Carney 10 years ago


The Hubble Space Telescope appears to “fly” over Earth as it is photographed during STS-109. Photo Credit: NASA
https://www.americaspace.com/2015/04/24/in-their-own-words-astronauts-on-25-years-of-hubble-part-2/


https://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/interview-with-nasa-administrator-lt-gen-charles-f-bolden-usmc-ret/
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/02/09/466191748/first-black-nasa-administrator-charles-bolden-pleaded-to-get-into-naval-academy

https://www.armedforcesreunions.com/exclusive-veteran-interview-the-honorable-major-general-charles-bolden-jr-usmc-ret/
https://thepolitic.org/article/an-interview-with-general-charles-bolden
https://eu.news-journalonline.com/story/news/education/2022/05/12/erau-commencement-speaker-charles-bolden-jr-former-astronaut-shares-journey-jim-crow-south-space/9677241002/

Former chief of NASA urges lifting China ban
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201901/14/WS5c3bc831a3106c65c34e422f.html
https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/science/former-nasa-chief-uae-s-space-programme-is-helping-humanity-1.783690

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/multimedia/exp21_launch_bolden.html

https://www.axiomspace.com/team/charlie-bolden

https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1825674418192003496

Happy birthday to pilot, astronaut, and former NASA administrator Gen. Charlie Bolden! 🥳🎂
In 2019, Bolden received our Trophy for Lifetime Achievement in recognition of his pioneering career: https://s.si.edu/46RVRoQ