Jared Isaacman, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) testifies during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 9, 2025.
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The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed billionaire private astronautJaredIsaacmanto become President Donald Trump’s NASA administrator, making an advocate of Mars missions and a former associate of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk the space agency’s 15th leader.
The vote onIsaacman, who Trump removed and then renamed as NASA administrator nominee this year, passed 67-30, two weeks after he told senators in hissecond hearingthat NASA must pick up the pace in beating China back to the moon this decade.
Acting NASA chief Sean Duffy, who also leads the U.S. Transportation Department, congratulatedIsaacmanon X, wishingIsaacman”success as he begins his tenure and leads NASA as we go back to the Moon in 2028 and beat China.”
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