The US Senate on Wednesday confirmed billionaire astronaut Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator.
He was nominated by President Donald Trump. Isaacman, a former associate of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, becomes the 15th leader of the space agency.
Isaacman's nomination, which Trump withdrew and then renominated as a nominee for NASA administrator this year, was approved 67-30, two weeks after he told senators in his second hearing that NASA must accelerate the pace in beating China to return to the moon this decade.
Acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy, who also heads the U.S. Department of Transportation, congratulated Isaacman.
"Good luck in your tenure and leading NASA as we return to the Moon in 2028 and defeat China," he wrote on X.
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