The Senate on Wednesday confirmed billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman to serve as administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, ending a tumultuous nomination process and placing a Trump-aligned leader in charge of the nation’s space agency as it pushes to return Americans to the moon and compete with China in space.
The Senate voted 67-30 to confirm Isaacman,, elevating the entrepreneur to lead the space agency after a high-profile, on-again, off-again nomination process that reflected internal political disputes and the administration’s broader goals in space exploration, Reuters reported.
Isaacman, also a close associate of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk who has twice flown to orbit on private missions, was first nominated by President Donald Trump in late 2024, only to have that nomination withdrawn in May amid a feud between the White House and Musk.
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