Entrepreneur, pilot, explorer — is he the next NASA chief?
In the early morning hours on an otherwise ordinary Thursday last September, at nearly 460 miles above Earth, Jared Isaacman ...
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Meet Jared Isaacman: Trump’s pick to head Nasa founded his first unicorn start-up at just 16, was the first civilian to perform a spacewalk and is tight with Elon Musk ...
Now, he's tapped fighter jet pilot and billionaire Jared Isaacman to lead ... private collection of military aircraft in the world. As a fighter pilot, Isaacman uses the call sign (aviator ...
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Demystifying Jared Isaacman, Trump’s NASA nominee
“I am delighted to nominate Jared Isaacman, an accomplished business ... who has extensive experience piloting high-performance aircraft, as commander. The three-day mission demonstrated that ...
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Billionaire takes off for first ever private spacewalk
Billionaire Jared Isaacman has taken off in a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for what he hopes will be the first ever privately funded spacewalk. The mission, called Polaris Dawn, is the first of three ...
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Polaris Dawn mission: Meet the crew taking 1st commercial spacewalk
Jared Isaacman is commander of Polaris Dawn ... Isaacman has roughly 6,000 hours in the cockpit including in high-performance aircraft. He has circumnavigated the globe, performed in air shows ...
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SpaceX Astronauts Test New Spacesuits on First Commercial Spacewalk
Billionaire Jared Isaacman became the first private astronaut to complete a spacewalk when he exited the SpaceX Crew Dragon vehicle 870 miles above Earth. Photo: SpaceX/Associated Press ...
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Jared Isaacman temporarily grounded, but not sitting still
CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – While Shift4 Payments CEO Jared Isaacman’s latest space flight is in a holding pattern, his company is not sitting still. Isaacman is leading (and funding) SpaceX’s ...
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Trump picks Jewish space adventurer Jared Isaacman to head NASA
Jared Isaacman, 41, is the founder and CEO of Shift4, a payment processing company. He is best known for his high-profile, private jaunts into space, most recently traveling on a rocket built by ...
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Opinion - Jared Isaacman is a brilliant choice for NASA administrator
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated billionaire entrepreneur and private space traveler Jared Isaacman to become the next NASA administrator. It came as a surprise to many, as Isaacman was ...
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Trump NASA pick faces GOP scrutiny over donations to Democrats and DEI ties
Jared Isaacman, a billionaire astronaut and businessman, was tapped in late December of last year to be NASA’s next administrator. However, to some conservatives and GOP Senate staffers ...
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Nasa needs saving from itself – but is this billionaire right for that job?
Billionaire businessman Jared Isaacman has a big vision for the future of humanity. He set off on his first mission to space in 2021 – a private journey he paid an estimated $200m (£160m ...