Tinalaga ng Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte si Joel Joseph Marciano Jr. bilang pinuno ng Philippine Space Agency.
Nabuo ang Philippine Space Act matapos lagdaan ng pangulo ang Republic Act 11363 o Philippine Space Act nuong August 8, 2019.
Si Marciano ay nagsilbing acting director ng Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Advanced Science and Technology Institute.
Samantala, itinalaga naman si Eduardo del Rosario bilang ad interim secretary ng Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development.