Senate Confirms Isaacman As NASA Administrator

Mark Carreau December 17, 2025

Jared Isaacman, President Donald Trump's nominee to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), looks on during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on his nomination at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI Credit: UPI/Alamy Live News Contributor: UPI — Jared Isaacman

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HOUSTON—The U.S. Senate has completed the confirmation of entrepreneur, billionaire and private astronaut Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator, the 14th presidential nominee to fill the position full time since NASA was established in 1958. Confirmation was completed with a roll call vote of 67-30...

Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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