The News from Space: Week of 2/21/21 - 2/28/21

THE WEEK OF 2/21/21 - 2/28/21

POLITICO recap for this week: HERE

Space Policy Events: HERE

Rocket Report: HERE

TW@N: HERE

NASA & THE U.S. GOVERNMENT:

• NASA unveils the newly renamed Mary W. Jackson Headquarters Building: Watch HERE

• The U.S. supports efforts to set rules of behavior in space: More HERE

• NOAA to expand purchase of commercial radio occultation data: More HERE

• White House has no plans to announce new NASA administrator: More HERE

COMMERCIAL SPACE:

• “Why are Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos so Interested in Space?” Read the NYT opinion piece HERE

• Blue Origin delays first launch of New Glenn: More HERE

• Orbital Assembly Corp. hits fundraising goal, aims to open luxury hotel in orbit by 2027: More HERE

• Immersat hires former president of Nokia as CEO: More HERE

• ClimaCell to launch dozens of satellites to improve forecasts: More HERE

INTERNATIONAL SPACE:

• Roscosmos announces plans to launch 29 space rockets in 2021: More HERE

• Jurczyk, Rogozin talk space: More HERE

• A history of Middle Eastern space exploration: More HERE

• Why China intends to win the race to Mars: More HERE

• South Korea plans the big budget for 2021 space projects: More HERE

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• CSIS releases a report on protecting space from counter-space weapons. Read the report HERE

• Watch Vice President Harris call Victor Glover to talk making history HERE

• A PANORAMA of Mars! See HERE

• Astrophysicists create THE MOST ACCURATE MAP YET: See HERE

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS & MEDIA:

• Make sure to check out the book (or movie!) Hidden Figures. Watch the trailer HERE.

Ashley Bradway is a junior in the School of Foreign Service studying International Politics and Russian Area Studies. She is interested in the security challenges and opportunities for international collaboration posed by emerging and disruptive technologies in space and aerospace.