Charles F. Bolden, Jr.

Third-grader names asteroid that is focus of NASA mission

2013-05-01 19:05:00

Asteroid (101955)1999 RQ36 doesn't really roll off the tongue, but asteroid Bennu? That's an asteroid that a person, a country and the world can get excited about. This week, NASA announced that 9-year-old Michael Toler Puzio of North Carolina had won...

Antares rocket blasts into orbit for first time in test for NASA

2013-04-21 15:12:00

In its maiden flight to space, a commercially built 13-story rocket blasted off from a launch pad off the coast of Virginia in a test mission for NASA. The Antares rocket, developed by Orbital Sciences Corp., roared into orbit after launching Sunday...

Congress members urge NASA to spare planetary science funding

2013-04-19 14:54:00

Don't cut planetary science funding, members of Congress urged NASA on Friday. In a letter to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), urged the space agency to maintain funding levels for...

Amazon's Jeff Bezos hails recovery of some Apollo F-1 engines

2013-03-20 11:34:00

Jeff Bezos: founder and CEO of Amazon.com, and now, bona fide ocean explorer. A year after vowing to send a team into the ocean to find F-1 engines from the historic Apollo 11 moon launch, Bezos announced Wednesday that the team had recovered F-1 engine...

NASA observation satellite blasts into orbit from Vandenberg

2013-02-11 16:25:00

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE -- A 19-story white rocket successfully lifted a NASA science satellite into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, located northwest of Santa Barbara. The picture-perfect launch, which took place Monday at 10:02 a.m. PST,...

NASA will remain a leader in human spaceflight, top official says

2012-12-19 13:36:00

NASA’s human spaceflight program is “alive and well,” NASA chief Charles Bolden told a committee convened to explore the space program’s future goals and direction. “Those who question whether we can still lead in space...

NASA chief touts 'Gangnam' parody, 'NASA Johnson Style'

2012-12-21 07:00:00

NASA’s purpose and vision might be a mystery to some, but the agency’s top official says there’s a quick primer on the space agency’s mission and accomplishments. And it’s done Gangnam style.� “I find, as I travel...

More images from Mars rover Curiosity coming soon

2012-08-24 12:24:25

Neil Armstrong remembered by John Glenn, NASA head

2012-08-26 05:42:47

California Science Center set for Endeavour exhibit opening today

2012-10-30 08:14:17

Neil Armstrong dies at 82; first person to walk on moon

2012-08-25 19:14:00

When Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the moon, on July 20, 1969, he uttered a phrase that has been carved in stone and quoted across the planet: "That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind." The grainy black-and-white...

Sally Ride dies at 61; first American woman in space

2012-07-23 21:42:00

In the early days of the space program, astronauts were ex-Marines, Air Force officers and hot-shot pilots. Sally Ride got there a little differently: She answered a want ad. In the late 1970s, NASA decided that, in addition to pilots, it needed some...

in 1968, and a master of science in systems management from the University of Southern California in 1977. His space flights included deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope and the first joint U.S.-Russian shuttle mission, which featured a cosmonaut as a member of his crew.

2013-03-15 14:06:08

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden talks about the successful launch of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.

2013-02-11 00:00:00

'NASA Johnson Style," a parody of South Korean pop star Psy's "Gangnam Style," received high praise from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden.

2012-12-20 20:14:24