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HEAD OF NASA - A FIRST.
Two days after telling the Atlantis crew that “We’re soon gonna have a new NASA administrator, I can’t disclose it to you because I’ve got to have some hoopla on the announcement back here on earth,” Obama announced his pick in a move timed to the shuttle's return, naming the agency's first African-American leader, retired Marine Corps General Charles Bolden.
Bolden was part of four space-shuttle missions – two as pilot and two as commander – and flew more then 100 sorties over Vietnam. He was also the Chief of the Safety Division at the Johnson Space Center following the Challenger disaster in 1986.
Two days after telling the Atlantis crew that “We’re soon gonna have a new NASA administrator, I can’t disclose it to you because I’ve got to have some hoopla on the announcement back here on earth,” Obama announced his pick in a move timed to the shuttle's return, naming the agency's first African-American leader, retired Marine Corps General Charles Bolden.
Bolden was part of four space-shuttle missions – two as pilot and two as commander – and flew more then 100 sorties over Vietnam. He was also the Chief of the Safety Division at the Johnson Space Center following the Challenger disaster in 1986.
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