NASA flight jacket owned by Charles Bolden

Barrier-Wear, American · after 1985

Charles F. Bolden graduated from the Naval Academy in 1968 and become a Marine Corps aviator, flying more than 100 combat missions over Southeast Asia. In 1980 he was selected a NASA astronaut and flew four space missions. This jacket bears his four mission patches. Bolden was eventually appointed the 12th Administrator of NASA. He retired in 2003 as a major general.