After 11 months of tumult and downsizing, NASA will have a permanent leader. The U.S. Senate confirmed Jared Isaacman, the billionaire entrepreneur who traveled to orbit twice on private space missions, to the post of administrator Wednesday by a 67-30 vote.

NASA’s Perseverance rover has been exploring the surface of Mars since it landed there in spectacular fashion nearly five years ago. In that time, NASA’s most advanced rover to date, which is about the size of a small car,

CU Boulder scientists are making huge contributions to NASA. The space agency has selected a proposal from a CU lab to design and build instruments that will help astronauts on the moon.