The US Senate on Wednesday confirmed billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman to become President Donald Trump’s Nasa administrator, placing an advocate of Mars missions and a former associate of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk as the space agency’s 15th leader.
Isaacman heads for an eventual swearing-in ceremony following the favorable vote, 67-30, on the Senate floor.
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