Silicon Valley Bank Collapse Hits Space Industry
March 13, 2023
RocketLab Considers Ending Helicopter Recovery Program
March 01, 2023
Rocket Lab To Launch Remaining TROPICS Satellites
November 25, 2022
Check in at Stennis: NASA, Relativity, and RocketLab
November 21, 2022
RocketLab Electron Launch Failure
September 19, 2023
RocketLab's 41st Electron mission "We Will Never Desert You" has ended in a launch failure due the failure of the 2nd stage.
RocketLab Launches First Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron
June 18, 2023
Rocket Lab has successfully conducted a secretive suborbital test launch of its Electron vehicle. The mission, named Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE), took place at Launch Complex 2 at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia; with minimal public awareness and no live webcast, the launch remained shrouded in secrecy until after liftoff.
Rocket Lab Sets Launch Dates For TROPICS Launches
April 10, 2023
On April 10th, Rocket Lab announced the preliminary launch timeline for the two dedicated launches of four NASA’s TROPICS satellites. The two launches are expected to be on May 1st and May 16th 2023, launching from RocketLab’s LC-1A and LC-1B launchpads in New Zealand.
RocketLab Considers Ending Helicopter Recovery Program
March 01, 2023
Rocket Lab is reevaluating the implementation of mid-air recovery for its Electron boosters as a means to achieve reusability of the vehicle.
Rocket Lab To Launch Remaining TROPICS Satellites
November 25, 2022
NASA has selected RocketLab to launch the remaining 4 TROPICS weather satellites after the first two were lost in a failure of Astra's Rocket 3 launch vehicle.
RocketLab Updates Neutron Design
July 27, 2023
RocketLab has released new renders of their Neutron rocket. Rocket Lab's Neutron rocket, is a cutting-edge medium-lift two-stage launch vehicle currently in development.