Jared Isaacman

Jared Isaacman

Commander Jared Isaacman of Polaris Dawn, a private human spaceflight mission, speaks at a press conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US August 19, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo

Trump’s NASA pick a boon for SpaceX, but will face political challenges

Jared Isaacman, the CEO of payment processing company Shift4 Payments has made landmark visits to space on two ambitious SpaceX missions, including the first-ever privately funded spacewalk in...

Jared Isaacman, 41, exits the SpaceX capsule on a tether into the vacuum of space, hundreds of miles from Earth during the world's first private spacewalk on Sept. 12, 2024, in a still image from video. SpaceX/Handout via REUTERS

Billionaire and engineer complete first private spacewalk in SpaceX mission

Jared Isaacman. Photo: Collected

For billionaire Jared Isaacman, the space tourism era begins

In this Dec. 18, 2018 photo provided by SpaceX, SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket are positioned inside the company's hangar at Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (Space X via AP)

SpaceX aims to launch ‘all-civilian’ trip into orbit