Senate Confirms Ex-Astronaut Bolden to Head NASA: The Senate confirmed on Wednesday retired astronaut Maj. Gen. Charles Bolden as administrator of NASA, just in time for the space agency's 40th anniversary celebrations of man's first steps on the moon.
His confirmation also came just hours after the launch of space shuttle Endeavour, which began a 16-day mission to the international space station.
The Senate confirmed Bolden to head the National Aeronautics and Space Administration without objection. Bolden, who has flown in space four times and was an assistant deputy administrator at one point, will be the agency's first Black administrator.
