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Senate Commerce Committee advances Jacobs nomination for NOAA administrator

July 31, 2025

WASHINGTON — The Senate Commerce Committee advanced the nomination of Neil Jacobs to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as that agency’s top satellite official remains on administrative leave.

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Jeff Foust writes about space policy, commercial space, and related topics for SpaceNews. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science… More by Jeff Foust

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