Jared Isaacman NASA Today: Senate Confirms Billionaire Spaceflight Veteran as New NASA Administrator (Dec. 17, 2025)
WASHINGTON — Jared Isaacman, the billionaire entrepreneur and private astronaut best known for commanding the all-civilian Inspiration4 mission and SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, to lead NASA. The confirmation vote was 67–30, elevating Isaacman to the role of NASA administrator at a moment when America’s civil space program is juggling high-profile Moon and Mars ambitions, intense geopolitical competition with China, and renewed political scrutiny over budgets and contracting. Reuters+2AP News+2 Isaacman’s ascent is more than a headline about a famous space tourist taking a government job. It also signals how central commercial
