US EditionTrump renominates Musk ally Jared Isaacman to run NASA months after withdrawal
- On Tuesday, President Donald J. Trump announced on Truth Social he was renominating Jared Isaacman to lead NASA after withdrawing his nomination earlier.
- Last May, Isaacman had been on the cusp of becoming NASA's administrator after Senate confirmation hearings in the spring, but Trump withdrew the nomination amid a falling out with Elon Musk and concerns over donations.
- A two-time space traveler, Jared Isaacman is a billionaire who led the Inspiration4 and Polaris Dawn missions and founded Shift4 and Draken International.
- Isaacman posted on X to thank the president and Sean Duffy, saying it would be an honor to serve under their leadership after Janet Petro handed NASA oversight to Duffy.
- Trump framed the renomination as part of a push to return to the Moon, saying the future many have awaited 'will soon become reality' and NASA will 'forever make history.
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Trump renominates billionaire Musk ally Jared Isaacman to lead NASA
The private astronaut, who has twice been to space in commercially funded missions with SpaceX, was nominated by the US president in the spring, but the rug was pulled at the last minute over his previous donations to Democrats.
First yes, then no – now yes again: The billionaire and space tourist Jared Isaacman is to become head of the US space agency Nasa. Possible background: Donald Trump understands himself better with Elon Musk again.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he renominated for the position of NASA administrator to Jared Isaacman, a technological tycoon, aerial stunt pilot and commercial astronaut on SpaceX missions, Elon Musk’s space company. Isaacman’s new nomination comes five months after Trump abruptly dismisses him, a few days after publicly airing his differences with Musk after the end of his term as White House advisor. Isaacman was then abo…
Jared Isaacman is a billionaire and founder of the payment service provider Shift4 Payments. In 2021 he commanded the first purely civilian space crew on board a SpaceX capsule.
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