Trump Administration to Revive National Space Council

The news comes as Jared Isaacman’s nomination for NASA administrator advances to the Senate floor for a final vote.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft ahead of a launch at Launch Complex 39A at the NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on March 14, 2025. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

The Trump administration is once again reviving the National Space Council as it pushes forward with its government and private sector-focused ambitions in low Earth orbit, on and around the moon, and on Mars.

Founded by the first Bush administration in 1989, the National Space Council is an advisory body designed to assist the president on space policy and strategy. It was revamped by President Donald Trump via executive order during his first administration in 2017.