Astronaut Charlie Bolden training in the NASA Ames Vertical Motion Simulator VMS Sapce Shuttle Simulator.

Astronaut Charlie Bolden training in the NASA Ames Vertical Motion Simulator (VMS) Sapce Shuttle Simulator (S-cab). Charles Frank Bolden, Jr., began his duties as the twelfth Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on July 17, 2009. This image was taken on July 6, 1993 when Bolden was at Ames using the Vertical Motion simulator as part of his astronaut training.