Ex-astronaut Bolden to lead Nasa

[Rick]

The US Senate has confirmed Charles Bolden as the new administrator of the American space agency (Nasa).

Mr Bolden is a former astronaut who flew on four space missions, including the shuttle flight in 1990 that launched the Hubble Space Telescope.

He becomes the 12th Nasa administrator since the agency was created in 1958.

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