The White House is pulling the nomination of Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator, saying that the next agency chief should be "in complete alignment" with President Trump's agenda.

President Donald Trump says he's withdrawing the nomination of tech billionaire Jared Isaacman, an associate of Trump adviser Elon Musk, to lead NASA.

Trump says he will withdraw nomination of Musk associate Jared Isaacman to lead NASA In a post on social media late Saturday, Trump said he was withdrawing Isaacman's nomination after a "thorough ...

President Trump has pulled his nomination of Jared Isaacman, a billionaire commercial astronaut with close ties to Elon Musk, as NASA administrator.

President Trump on Saturday said that he planned to withdraw his nomination of Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur and close associate of Elon Musk’s, to be the next NASA administrator ...

FILE - Commander Jared Isaacman speaks at a news conference after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center for an upcoming private human spaceflight mission in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Aug. 19, 2024.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is withdrawing the nomination of tech billionaire Jared Isaacman, an associate of Elon Musk, to lead NASA, a person familiar with the decision said Saturday.

Isaacman blames withdrawal of NASA Chief nomination on retribution. White House says the private astronaut was removed from consideration due to past donations to Democratic causes.

Elon Musk is dialing back his threat to decommission a capsule used to take astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station for NASA.

Elon Musk Pulls Back on Threat to Withdraw Dragon Spacecraft. Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference ... With its first crew launch for NASA in 2020 ...