Billionaire and two-time space traveler Jared Isaacman has a new date set to appear before a Senate committee now that he’s been renominated by President Trump to become the next NASA administrator.

Isaacman had already been set for a full Senate vote with bipartisan support back in May to succeed the role last held by former Florida U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, who left at the end of Biden administration. Trump, who at the time was in a spat with Isaacman ally Elon Musk, pulled his nomination.

Isaacman made his fortune with Shift4, a credit card processing company, and also founded Lakeland-based Draken International, which trains fighter pilots. He funded two missions to space, flying on SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft leading the Inspiration4 flight in 2021 and on last year’s Polaris Dawn fli

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