NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman

Serving President Donald J. Trump as the 15th @NASA Administrator | Leading the next Golden Age of space discovery 🚀

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

I love my job. Honored to serve 🇺🇸

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

Hard to beat a Saturday like this. From the cockpit to the field at Bryant-Denny with @SecRollins, the energy was incredible!

Thank you, @UofAlabama, for welcoming our team and bringing that Crimson Tide pride to America’s next great chapter in space. Roll Tide!

[The University of Alabama @UofAlabama]

FUN FACT: A #Bama flag flew over 685,000 miles to the moon & back as a part of the historic Artemis II mission 🤯

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

@nicksortor @johnkrausphotos @GeorgeAlderman_ America 🇺🇸

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

Roll Tide and full throttle!

An incredible day in Tuscaloosa with @SecRollins, from signing a new agreement between @NASA and @USDA and meeting with students at @UofAlabama to flying over a packed Bryant-Denny Stadium ahead of Alabama vs. Texas A&M.

The same spirit that takes us into the skies will take us back to the Moon and inspire the next generation to take us even farther.

[George Alderman @GeorgeAlderman_]

.@NASAAdmin leading the NASA flyover, fast and LOUD!

[Secretary Brooke Rollins @SecRollins]

Requesting permission for flyby.
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[NASA Spox @NASASpox]

NASA’s Inspiration Tour has landed in in the SEC 🚀🏈

Ahead of Alabama vs. Texas A&M, @NASAAdmin met with students and fans outside Bryant-Denny Stadium, joined @SecRollins to sign a new MOU between NASA and @USDA , and will soon take to the skies for today’s flyover!

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

Apollo should never represent the upper limit of what @NASA can achieve. It should be a standard we continuously strive to exceed.

We’re bringing that intensity, discipline, and engineering ownership back to this agency. Great nations do not remain great by being caretakers of history, but by continuously making history.

[NASA @NASA]

LIVE: @NASAAdmin and agency leaders are sharing the latest updates on next year's Artemis III mission and our plans to return astronauts to the surface of the Moon by 2028. https://t.co/G1ya48yeun

[NASA @NASA]

We are not slowing down. 🚀

Our Artemis III mission will send four astronauts to low Earth orbit next year to test critical systems needed for future lunar landings https://t.co/G5CkHbQhFR and we’re accelerating efforts to ensure the success of Artemis IV, the first Artemis mission on the lunar surface https://t.co/zEDKEcLpXY.

[Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47]

.@NASAAdmin: Thanks to @POTUS, his national space policy, and the resources from the Working Families Tax Cut Act, we just took another step in the direction towards the moon.🌙

[NASA @NASA]

Ahh… blue lagoon 🏖️

This deep-blue sea of gas and dust—called Messier 8 or the Lagoon Nebula—is a hotbed of star formation. The young stars within the nebula emit rays of high-energy light, including X-rays shown in pink by @chandraxray.

[NASA Marshall @NASA_Marshall]

Join @NASA today at 2 p.m. EDT to hear the latest updates on our Artemis III mission that will send four astronauts to low Earth orbit next year, and how plans to return American astronauts to the Moon by 2028 are progressing.

Learn where to watch: https://t.co/J5Tjs2PP6j

[Senator Jon Husted @SenJonHusted]

Ohio has a long history of leading American space exploration, and we’re building on that legacy.

I hosted @NASAAdmin and leaders from across Ohio’s aerospace industry in Cleveland to discuss how our state is advancing innovation, aviation, and the future of space exploration.

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

It was a pleasure to visit @OhioAerospace and @NASAglenn alongside @SenJonHusted today.

We met with Ohio’s aerospace community and saw firsthand the work underway at Glenn supporting our missions, including advancing nuclear power in space and helping usher in a Nuclear NASA.

Ohio has helped America achieve the near impossible before, and the talent here will be essential as we return American astronauts to the Moon, build the Moon Base, and shape the future of space exploration.

[NASA Artemis @NASAArtemis]

Ready for an Artemis update?

Tune in Friday, Oct. 23, at 2 p.m. ET (1800 UTC) to hear our latest progress and accelerated plans for Artemis lunar missions.

Watch live: https://t.co/EePpimRqsU

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

Artemis II was not Apollo 8 either. At NASA, we are making the most of architecture decisions made, for better or worse, over decades. Regardless of the state of the lander, we must launch annually and keep moving in the direction of the Moon. Delaying for a perfect set of objectives doesn't make the rocket cost less, achieve the overall Artemis goals faster, or make anything safer.

When the LEM wasn't ready, NASA changed Apollo 8 from an Earth-orbit test of the lander to a mission around the Moon, moving the lander test to Apollo 9. When Gemini VI's Agena target failed, we pulled Gemini VII to the left and had Gemini VI to rendezvous with it. In both cases, NASA adapted to circumstances, made the most of what was available, and kept moving forward.

Some people choose to make this about their affinity for certain hardware, or equally, their distaste for certain hardware or people or companies, but it should be about what advances America's space program...and that is what Artemis III will do.

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

I think it depends on the lens you are looking through:

- From Industry's Perspective: I have no issue with private capital and commercial industry making speculative investments in a future orbital or lunar economy. If companies want to raise the funding to launch missions to the Moon to prospect, extract resources, or manufacture, they are welcome to do so within the confines of the Outer Space Treaty, applicable law, and what few best practices have been established. In that respect, I don't see it as much different from the oil and gas industry prospecting for viable wells where permitted. I think we all agree that to have a bright future in space, beyond what taxpayers can fund, it is imperative to unlock its economic potential, and NASA is happy to help through Space Act Agreements, subject matter expertise, reimbursable work through our chambers and labs for testing, etc.

- From NASA's Perspective: That said, and this is very important, what NASA is doing on behalf of the taxpayers, the American people, and frankly all of humanity, does not depend on an economic or industrial justification. We are returning to the Moon and building a Base to feed that hunger for exploration, to realize its scientific potential, to inspire this nation as Apollo did, and most importantly, to dial in all the capabilities necessary for the next great leap to Mars. Just as in the past, the technologies we pioneer to "get there" will have direct benefits, including economic ones, back here on Earth. And if a lunar economy ignites along the way, all the better. But it is not a sure thing that the value extracted from lunar regolith will exceed all the associated costs. If/when the economics work out, that would certainly be exciting, but regardless, NASA still ventures on.

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

Enjoyed welcoming our friends from @FloridaHouseDC to @NASA Headquarters.

Florida is America’s gateway to the stars. Its workforce has helped launch some of our nation’s greatest achievements and will be essential as we return American astronauts to the Moon, build a Moon Base and prepare for Mars.

Thank you to Florida House for helping tell that story and connecting students, businesses and communities with the opportunities ahead.

[Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson @NASADepAdmin]

It was great meeting with Uzbekistan’s space leadership at IAC earlier this month.

Glad to see Uzbekistan join the Artemis Accords as our 77th signatory. Looking forward to working together to advance transparent and responsible space exploration.