The Color of Space: Astronaut to NASA Leader, Charlie Bolden – Ep. 1

Name: The Color of Space: Astronaut to NASA Leader, Charlie Bolden – Ep. 1
Uploaded: 2023-01-01
Duration: 20 min 9 s
Channel: NASA
Description: Hailing from Columbia, South Carolina, Charlie Bolden grew up in the segregated South. Despite challenges, he would become a major general in the U.S. Marine Corps, a four-time space shuttle pilot, and NASA's first Black administrator. Watch him tell his story in the first episode of our new...

Hailing from Columbia, South Carolina, Charlie Bolden grew up in the segregated South. Despite challenges, he would become a major general in the U.S. Marine Corps, a four-time space shuttle pilot, and NASA's first Black administrator. Watch him tell his story in the first episode of our new...

20 min - Space & the Universe - NASA

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