WASHINGTON — NASA Administrator Charles Bolden met with his Chinese counterpart and visited China’s main human spaceflight launch facility during a weeklong trip the NASA chief credited with laying a foundation for further dialogue and future cooperation between the U.S. and Chinese space programs.

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