Lehigh Valley tech billionaire Jared Isaacman, who bought a series of spaceflights from Elon Musk’s SpaceX and conducted the first private spacewalk, was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump

Jared Isaacman, the billionaire CEO nominated for NASA administrator, made history by leading the first private spacewalk with SpaceX.

Mr. Isaacman’s company Shift4 Payments made him a billionaire, and he has financed two trips to orbit on SpaceX vehicles, including a daring spacewalk in September.

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Jared Isaacman, who led and financed SpaceX's Inspiration4 and Polaris Dawn private-astronaut missions, to become the next NASA administrator. Trump announced Isaacman's nomination in a Wednesday morning Truth Social post.

President-elect Donald Trump said he will nominate financial technology billionaire and veteran SpaceX astronaut Jared Isaacman to serve as the next NASA administrator, according to a post on Truth Social.

We will never again lose our ability to journey to the stars and never settle for second place,” Isaacman wrote o

President-elect Trump announced Wednesday that he has nominated Jared Isaacman, billionaire and commercial astronaut, as the next head of NASA. Why it matters: Isaacman is a close associate of Elon Musk,