Billionaire who performed the first private spacewalk is Trump’s pick to lead NASA

Published December 4, 2024 10:23 AM

AP Aerospace Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has tapped a tech billionaire who performed the first private spacewalk to lead NASA. Trump announced on Wednesday his choice for NASA administrator. Jared Isaacman, CEO and founder of a credit card-processing company, has been a close collaborator with Elon Musk ever since buying his first chartered flight with SpaceX. He took along contest winners on that 2021 trip and followed it in September with a flight where he briefly popped out the hatch to test SpaceX’s new spacewalking suits. The 41-year-old has two more flights reserved with SpaceX.

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