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
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Charles Bolden, born on August 19, 1946, is an author and former astronaut. He has spent a total of 40,837 minutes in space. His written works include the book *Expanding universe*.
Bolden is listed as an author with one primary work in library records, while academic databases cite five of his works. He is referenced by 357 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 11 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1946
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Expanding universe
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,569x
- The Pittsburgh sleep quality index: A new instrument for psychiatric practice and research
· 1989 · cited 29,226x
- Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning
· 2015 · cited 23,802x
- Array programming with NumPy
· 2020 · cited 23,501x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,908x
via Crossref · CC0
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
via Wikipedia infobox
~13 min read
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.