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Trump Nominates Jared Isaacman as NASA Administrator

“Americans will walk on the Moon and Mars and in doing so, we will make life better here on Earth,” Isaacman said on X.
Trump Nominates Jared Isaacman as NASA Administrator
Jared Isaacman, founder and chief executive officer of Shift4 Payments, stands for a portrait in front of the recovered first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket at Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) in Hawthorne, Calif., on Feb. 2, 2021. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
T.J. Muscaro
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President-elect Donald Trump named commercial astronaut Jared Isaacman as the next administrator for the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) on Dec. 4.

Trump described Isaacman on Truth Social as “an accomplished business leader, philanthropist, pilot, and astronaut” and someone who “will drive NASA’s mission of discovery and inspiration, paving the way for groundbreaking achievements in Space science, technology, and exploration.”
T.J. Muscaro
T.J. Muscaro
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T.J. Muscaro is an award-winning reporter and NASA Correspondent for The Epoch Times, covering the Artemis program, Space Force, and other public and private ambitions within the growing space industry. Based in Tampa, Florida, he also covers stories of extreme weather and disaster relief, as well as various matters of national and international politics.