NASA chief Jared Isaacman skydives into space agency's MAX POWER air show — 'Going into this job, I knew we had to do something like this.'
"We knew on our nation's 250th birthday, we had to open up [the] Kennedy Space Center the year that we returned our astronauts to the lunar environment and put on a little bit of a show." NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman parachutes to Earth with members of the Chicago Skydive team.
Key points
- 7), Isaacman plummeted through the air above 10,000 onlookers, skydiving into the agency's air show MAX POWER.
- A mix of astronauts, fighter jet displays and new technology on display, the spectacle is a lot space-ier than a traditional air show, and Isaacman made sure to really showcase this merging of worlds.
- Isaacman and NASA astronauts presented President Donald Trump, who was onhand for the ceremony, with a gold plaque in his honor that will be installed at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility runway in time for the CAPEWEEK in 2028.
MAX POWER overtook NASA's Kennedy Space Center here over the weekend, combining aeronautics and aerospace in a massive public air show, the first of its kind for the space agency.
Additional details
- First, he flew an F-5, a lightweight supersonic fighter jet, and just a short while later, Isaacman flew a MiG-29, a twin-engine supersonic fighter jet, over the crowd of excited air show attendees.
- (Image credit: Space.com / Josh Dinner) In addition to serving in his role as NASA Administrator, Isaacman is an entrepreneur, commercial astronaut and pilot.
- And before we knew it, Isaacman was gracefully touching down just behind the air show's main stage, landing to the sound of cheers from the eager audience.
- A pilot and private astronaut, Jared Isaacman is no stranger to the skies, and immediately after landing back on solid ground he jumped right back up and took to the event's main stage to greet an excited crowd.
- Earlier in the weekend, the agency announced that in 2028, a week-long event called CAPEWEEK will return to the Kennedy Space Center, promising a next-level showcase of air and space innovation and spectacle.
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