Roundup of space law in the headlines including row over mirrors to light earth at night — Thursday, March 19

A review of all the latest headlines from the world of space, home and abroad, including a row over mirrors to light earth at night and ISS space walk medical delay.

To give you a flavour of what's happening in the Scottish, UK and global space sector, the Journal has pulled together a variety of the latest news and analysis.

These stories and the developments in the industry present the opportunities for solicitors to get involved in the next frontier of Scottish law.

SpaceX taps Gibson Dunn and Davis Polk & Wardwell as legal advisors on blockbuster IPO

SpaceX and the banks underwriting its ​blockbuster IPO have chosen two law firms to provide legal advice on the deal, ‌one of the first concrete steps companies take when preparing a public listing, two people familiar with the plans said. (Reuters)

• Exclusive: SpaceX taps Gibson Dunn and Davis Polk & Wardwell as legal advisors on blockbuster IPO, sources say (Reuters)
• [£] SpaceX lines up Starship launch next year as Elon Musk targets $1.5tn IPO (Financial Times)
• Musk says SpaceX AI, Tesla will keep ordering Nvidia chips at scale (Reuters)

NASA will roll Artemis 2 moon rocket out to the launch pad on March 19

The Artemis 2 Space Launch System (SLS) rocket has been inside NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida since its rollback from its launchpad last month, reports Space.com.

• NASA will roll Artemis 2 moon rocket out to the launch pad on March 19 (Space.com)
• Nasa announces change to its Moon landing plans (BBC)
• Artemis II: Nasa targets early April for Moon mission (BBC)
• When does the Nasa Moon mission launch and who are the Artemis II crew? (BBC)

And in other news

Space headlines from across the UK and beyond:

• A Big Night Light in the Sky? Start-Up Wants to Launch a Space Mirror (New York Times)
• A UK space odyssey: UKspace talks opportunities and growth (The Manufacturer)
• LIVE: Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time? (Space.com)
• [£] Putting data centres in space is even harder than it sounds (Financial Times)
• [£] Nasdaq finds SpaceX’s gravitational pull hard to resist (Financial Times)
• [£] China and Russia are capturing the global space sector (Financial Times)
• Space Command classified wargame to include 25 commercial players (Space News)
• Scottish space sector boost as Edinburgh avionics innovator expands (Scotsman)
• Nasa spacecraft weighing 1,300lb re-enters Earth's atmosphere (BBC)
• NASA rover detects some of the oldest evidence of water flowing on Mars (Reuters)
• 'At the edge of what we thought possible': Astronomers find extremely rare star from ancient universe (Space.cpom)
• TransAstra aims to move 100-ton asteroid to stable orbit for processing (Space News)
• Rocket Lab wins $190 million Pentagon deal for hypersonic test flights (Space News)
• Manchester tool helps to stop satellite crashes (BBC)
• University joins UK's £17bn space sector (BBC)