CLEVELAND – NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman visited NASA Glenn Research Center on Tuesday, meeting with the workforce and touring facilities focused on propulsion and power systems.

During the visit, Isaacman met with employees over coffee, toured the facility’s Electric Propulsion and Power Lab, and discussed nuclear power and propulsion research with its experts. He also met with specialists conducting advanced aircraft engine research and testing, according to Jan Wittry, a NASA Glenn press spokesperson.

“Consistent with the President’s national space policy, we are going to accelerate our plans to develop nuclear-powered spacecraft – many centers will contribute and Glenn will play an important role,” Isaacman wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Wednesday.

Isaacman noted that NASA Glenn “contributes critical expertise on propulsion, power, and materials – from electric propulsion to nuclear systems – that enables ambitious exploration.”

The visit marked the completion of Isaacman’s tour of all NASA centers since taking office.

“That’s a wrap on the roadshow to visit every NASA center – thank you to all of those across the workforce who came out for donuts and coffee,” he wrote.

U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown, a Warrensville Heights Democrat, met with Isaacman at Glenn.

“I appreciated the opportunity to meet with Administrator Isaacman, welcome him to Cleveland, and reiterate the importance of the Glenn Center and the people who work there,” said a statement from Brown. “The research and innovation being done here is truly awe-inspiring and it strengthens our local economy.”

“Last year, the Trump Administration pursued drastic cuts to NASA Glenn that would have cost over 500 jobs, damaged our local economy, and set our country back,” her statement continued. “Congress rightly rejected those cuts, and that should be the end of it.”

“NASA’s footprint in Ohio should grow, not shrink, and I urge the Administration not to put forward the same foolish cuts to NASA and the Glenn Center again,” Brown said.

Isaacman, 42, is the 15th NASA Administrator. President Donald Trump nominated him on Nov. 4, 2025, and he was confirmed by the Senate on Dec. 17, 2025.

Before joining NASA, Isaacman founded payment processing company Shift4 and co-founded Draken International, a military pilot training company. He commanded two commercial spaceflights, including Inspiration4 in 2021, the first all-civilian orbital mission, and Polaris Dawn in 2024, during which he performed the first commercial spacewalk.