Isaacman was first nominated for the role year ago, but President Trump withdrew his nomination months later. Then Trump renominated Isaacman last month.

The U.S. Senate voted today (Dec. 17) 67-30 to confirm billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman as the new NASA administrator, ending more than a year of uncertainty as the space agency has followed marching orders from temporary chiefs

After a year wait, Isaacman was approved by the U.S. Senate to serve as NASA administrator. Here's what we can expect to see under his leadership.

Jared Isaacman, private astronaut and Elon Musk ally, is confirmed as NASA administrator ahead of the Artemis II mission. Here’s what his appointment means for the Moon, Mars and US space policy.

This could be the end of the orbiter that studies the Red Planet’s atmosphere and relays communications between NASA and its Mars rovers.

NASA's Webb space telescope (Hubble's successor) and Mars rover Curiosity have been included in Time magazine's list of the best inventions since 2000.

A U.S. Space Force and NASA experiment is set to launch later this week to test a new small-satellite architecture designed for operations in very low Earth orbit. Four flat, disk-shaped satellites known as DiskSats are scheduled to launch no earlier than 12:00 a.

Officially labelled PSR J2322-2650b, this Jupiter-mass planet has been deformed into a bizarre lemon shape by the sheer, crushing gravity of its host star.