Billionaire Jared Isaacman has confirmed his appointment as the new head of NASA

The Senate confirmed Jared Isaacman as head of NASA on Wednesday, a decision that comes just months after President Donald Trump withdrew his nomination before selecting him again in November. As CNBC reported earlier.

Isaacman, the founder and CEO of a payments platform called Shift4, has traveled to space twice on special missions with Elon Musk’s SpaceX. after Isaac’s choice As head of NASA in December 2024, Trump withdrew his nomination in May, saying later In a post on Truth Social, he said it would be “inappropriate for a very close friend of Elon, who was in the space business, to run NASA.”

Isaacman tried to allay concerns about his ties to Musk during a hearing earlier this month, saying he had “led two missions into space with SpaceX because it is the only organization that can send astronauts to and from space since the shuttle was retired.” As I mentioned Roll Cole.

when Nominatang to Isaac For the second time, Trump said the billionaire was “ideally suited to lead NASA into a bold new era.”