The News from Space: New Years Edition

 
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Launching Into a New Year & A New Era in Spaceflight

THE FUTURE OF SPACE: A GLIMPSE INTO 2021

NASA’s plans for 2021: Watch HERE.

Commercial Space in 2021: More HERE.

Events to Watch for in 2021 - Sync to your GCal: More HERE.

“The 11 biggest space missions of 2021 (and their chances of success)”: More HERE.

THE WEEK OF 1/10/21 - 1/16/21

POLITICO recap for this week: HERE

Space Policy Events: HERE

Rocket Report for this week 🚀: HERE

Space PHOTOS of the week: HERE

NASA & THE U.S. GOVERNMENT:

  • This Week at NASA: Watch HERE.

  • Curiosity rover celebrates 3000 Sols on Mars (pictures!!): More HERE. 

  • “Alabama’s Redstone Arsenal selected as future home of U.S. Space Command”: More HERE.

COMMERCIAL SPACE:

  • SpaceX completes its first launch of the year with Turksat 5A. Watch again HERE.

  • ARK Invest plans ‘ARKX’ space exploration ETF: More HERE.

  • Blue Origin completes successful test flight of NS-14: More HERE. 

INTERNATIONAL SPACE:

  • JAXA and the Embassy of Japan in the United States of America hosted a webinar on January 15 about Japan-U.S. Space Cooperation in 2021: Stream HERE.

  • Russia to draft plan for crewed mission to the moon by 2030: More HERE. 

NOTABLE SCIENCE:

  • The universe is 13.77 billion years old!: More HERE.

  • Astronomers confirm the existence of exoplanet KOI-5Ab: More HERE. 

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

  • Enjoy Canada? Enjoy Space? If so, sign up for the 6th annual SEDS-Canada Student Conference from February 26-28, 2021. Registration is free, and for the first time ever it will be virtual. The theme is “Ascension 2021: Building Your Future in Space.” Register HERE. 

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS & MEDIA:

  • What is it like to see Earth from space? NASA Astronauts tell all. Watch HERE.

Start the year off right with The Martian by Andy Weir. The Martian tells a fictional tale of NASA Astronaut Mark Watney, who finds himself stranded on Mars. (Or if you’d prefer, watch the 2015 movie starring Matt Damon) More 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.

 
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