THE NEWS FROM SPACE: WEEK OF 3/14/21 - 3/20/21

THE WEEK OF 3/14/21 - 3/20/21

POLITICO recap for this week: HERE

Space Policy Events: HERE

Rocket Report for this week: HERE

TW@N: HERE

NASA & THE U.S. GOVERNMENT:

• Former Astronaut Sen. Bill Nelson nominated as NASA chief: More HERE

• NASA tests the world's most powerful rocket! Watch HERE

• Air Force to build space environment research facility in New Mexico: More HERE

• NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope moves forward with October launch: More HERE

COMMERCIAL SPACE:

• Planet welcomes new President of Product and Business: More HERE

• Pure play stocks proliferate: More HERE

• “Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus rocket selected for responsive launch demo” More HERE

• Space Startups face hiring challenges: More HERE

• “US Space Force would support commercial services to remove orbital debris” More HERE

INTERNATIONAL SPACE:

• Roscosmos to decide this year whether or not to create a new national space station: More HERE

• Catalonia plans to launch its own space agency: More HERE

• China to construct commercial spaceport to support rapid growth of private space industry: More HERE

• Space projects lose funding in the UK: More HERE

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• Perseverance Mars rover records sound of a drive on Mars! Listen HERE

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS & MEDIA:

• For this week, check out “Roadside Picnic” (Пикник на обочине) by the Strugatsky brothers. “Roadside Picnic” is a classic work of Soviet science fiction set in a world which has been visited by aliens. This novel, which was published in 1972, has a complex history and is still regarded as a classic work of science fiction. 

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.