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Title: Trump makes a last-minute backtrack on his pick to lead NASA

Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2025 15:32:54 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/science/space/trump-...

NASA's next mission will be to find a new agency leader, following a dramatic
reversal from President Donald Trump. In a post made on Truth Social, the
president withdrew his nomination of Jared Isaacman as the head of NASA. As
first reported by Semafor, the pullback comes just a few days before Isaacman
was due in front of the US Senate for a confirmation vote.

Trump detailed in the post that he will soon announce another nominee who is
more aligned with the president's mission and will "put America First in
Space." Liz Huston, a White House spokesperson, said in a statement that it
was "essential that the next leader of NASA is in complete alignment with
President TrumpΓÇÖs America First agenda." According to The New York Times,
unnamed sources attribute the withdrawal to Isaacman's previous donations to
"prominent Democrats."

Besides his role as CEO of payment processing company Shift4, Isaacman has
been venturing into the world of commercial space travel. The billionaire
businessman has been to space twice now, even serving as the mission
commander of the Polaris Dawn mission that was operated by SpaceX and saw the
first commercial spacewalk. Isaacman was known as a close ally of Elon Musk,
who is the CEO of SpaceX and recently left his White House role as an adviser
to the president.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/science/space/trump-...
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