KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — The White House confirmed on Saturday afternoon than President Donald Trump has pulled his nomination of Jared Isaacman as NASA’s next administrator.

Last month , the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmed the 42-year-old tech entrepreneur and commercial astronaut as NASA’s new administrator.

The full U.S. Senate needed to vote in favor of the billionaire to make it official.

However, there were reports late Saturday afternoon that Trump pulled his nomination of Isaacman.

White House spokeswoman Liz Huston confirmed to Spectrum News that Isaacman’s nomination had been pulled by the president.

“The Administrator of NASA will help lead humanity into space and execute President Trump’s bold mission of planting the American flag on

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