Maj. Gen. Charles Frank Bolden Jr., (USMC-Ret.) Maj. Gen. Charles Frank Bolden Jr., USMC (Ret.), Member, Board of Regents was featured in Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum’s inaugural Virtual Astronomy Live event to commemorate the 30th anniversary of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope launch and discuss the iconic observatory.

Watch Maj. Gen. Charles Frank Bolden Jr., USMC (Ret.) in Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum’s inaugural Virtual Astronomy Live event here.

See a replay of the event on Twitch here.

Maj. Gen. Charles Frank Bolden Jr., (USMC-Ret.) was assigned as the Deputy Commanding General of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in 1997. During the first half of 1998, he served as Commanding General of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Forward in support of Operation Desert Thunder in Kuwait. Bolden’s 34-year career with the Marine Corps also included 14 years as a member of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Astronaut Office. After joining the office in 1980, he traveled to orbit four times aboard the space shuttle between 1986 and 1994, commanding two of the missions and piloting two others. Bolden piloted STS-31, on which the Discovery space shuttle launched the Hubble Space Telescope. Bolden served as the 12th Administrator of NASA.