Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is about to perform double duty after President Donald Trump named him interim head of NASA.

Jared Isaacman's nomination for NASA administrator was withdrawn due to loyalty concerns. Sean Duffy, current Department of Transportation head, is serving as interim NASA administrator.

NASA has also been roiled by a leadership crisis in recent months. In December, President Trump nominated billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman, a friend of former DOGE head Elon Musk, to ...

NASA is slashing nearly more than 20 percent of its workforce as part of President Trump’s efforts to downsize the federal government since returning to the White House. Nearly 4,000 workers ...