NASA may finally be on the cusp of regaining official leadership as the Senate votes on Trump's (re)nominated pick for the head of the space agency today.

Jared Isaacman, billionaire tech entrepreneur and sponsor of SpaceX's private Polaris spaceflight program, will face a vote Monday (Dec. 8) before the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, which will determine whether or not he will be installed as NASA's new administrator.

The hearing begins today at 5:30 p.m. ET (2230 GMT), and will be broadcast live via the Senate Committee's website and YouTube, as well as here on Space.com.

Isaacman has flown to space twice. He privately funded both missions, which launched groundbreaking spaceflights aboard SpaceX Crew Dragons. The first, Inspiration4, was also the first all-civilia

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