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U.S. Senate confirms private astronaut, Musk ally Jared Isaacman as NASA chief

December 17, 2025 admin

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, confirmed billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman to become President Donald Trump’s NASA administrator. | Photo Credit: Mark Schiefelbein The U.S. Senate on Wednesday (December 17, 2025) confirmed billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman to become President Donald Trump’s NASA administrator, making an advocate of Mars missions and a…

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Polaris Dawn: why world’s first private spacewalk wasn’t just a vanity project

September 17, 2024 admin

This handout photo provided by SpaceX and Polaris on September 15, 2024 shows the manned Polaris Dawn mission’s “Dragon” capsule aboard the rescue vessel after it splashed down off the coast of Dry Tortugas, Florida, after completing the first human spaceflight mission by non-government astronauts of the Polaris Program. | Photo Credit: AFP Two astronauts…

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Tech billionaire pulls off first private spacewalk high above Earth

September 12, 2024 admin

This still image taken from a SpaceX and Polaris broadcast on September 12, 2024, shows US fintech billionaire Jared Isaacman (EV1) peeking out to space from a hatch structure called “Skywalker”, during the first private spacewalk performed by the crew of the SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission | Photo Credit: AFP A tech billionaire popped out…

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Tech billionaire pulls off first private spacewalk high above Earth

September 12, 2024 admin

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Musk’s SpaceX testing breakthrough tech in risky spacewalk

August 24, 2024 admin

(L-R) Anna Menon, Scott Poteet, commander Jared Isaacman, and Sarah Gillis, crew members of Polaris Dawn, a private human spaceflight mission, attend a press conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral in Florida, August 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: Joe Skipper/Reuters SpaceX’s attempt at the first ever private spacewalk next week will be…

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