Charles “Charlie” Bolden, the 12th Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration poses for a photo in a plane he is flying at an unknown location and date. Bolden served 34 years on active duty in the Marines as a Naval aviator, spent 14 years as a member of NASA’s Astronaut Office and retired at the rank of major general. - Charles “Charlie” Bolden, the 12th Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration poses for a photo in a plane he is flying at an unknown location and date. Bolden served 34 years on active duty in the Marines as a Naval aviator, spent 14 years as a member of NASA’s Astronaut Office and retired at the rank of major general.