NASA employees receive Jared Isaacman thank you note
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Updated · NASA Watch · May 1
NASA employees receive Jared Isaacman thank you note
11 articles · Updated · NASA Watch · May 1
In the message, Isaacman praised retiring Janet Petro and highlighted an Oval Office visit with Artemis II astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen.
He said staff across Artemis, the International Space Station, telescopes, probes, rovers and X-59 are enabling America's return to the Moon and future lunar surface missions.
Isaacman also pointed to coming priorities including a Moon base and nuclear spacecraft, signalling broader ambitions beyond Artemis as he promised more updates in coming weeks.
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