3D-Printed Hypersonic Drone Meets Its Launch Vehicle, It's Called HASTE
19 Apr 2023, 11:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Hypersonix says it will use the new Rocket Lab Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron launch platform to test the DART AE hypersonic drone
Electron Rocket Flies From the U.S. for the First Time
25 Jan 2023, 12:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Rocket Lab's Electron rocket finally made it off the pad at an U.S. launch facility, carried with it to space three HawkEye 360 satellites
Nine-Rocket Skyward “Drag Race” Is the Most Spectacular Thing You’ll See All Week
13 Dec 2022, 12:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Nine of the most powerful and fastest rockets ever made go at each other in animated race to the sky of cosmic proportions
Virginia Is for Launch Lovers - Electron Rocket’s First U.S. Mission Set for December 7
22 Nov 2022, 14:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Rocket Lab is getting ready to launch its first Electron rocket from U.S. soil, mission called Virginia Is for Launch Lovers set for December 7
Animation Makes Catching a Rocket Booster Mid-Air by Helicopter Look Easy
3 Nov 2022, 08:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Rocket Lab releases an animation showing how it's attempt to recover a rocket booster mid-air will go on November 4, and it looks pretty easy
Sikorsky S-92 Helicopter Will Try To Catch a Rocket Booster Mid-Air on November 4
2 Nov 2022, 07:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For the second time in half an year, Rocket Lab will try and capture one Electron rocket booster mid-air by using a Sikorsky S-92 helicopter with a hook
Military Wants to Use Spacecraft and Orbital Depots to Send Gear to Any Hot Spot on Earth
9 Sep 2022, 06:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / USTRANSCOM signed agreements with Rocket Lab and Sierra Space to research the use of spacecraft and orbital depots for military logistics
Reusable Neutron Rocket Takes Flight for the First Time in Unofficial Animation
1 Aug 2022, 12:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Animation specialist Hazegrayart shows us a glimpse of how a new reusable rocket, the Rocket Lab Neutron, is supposed to work
NASA Kicks Off CAPSTONE's Historic Journey to the Moon
28 Jun 2022, 15:47 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / On Tuesday, Rocket Lab's Electron rocket carried into space NASA's CAPSTONE, a small CubeSat that will help pave the way for the Lunar Gateway
Rocket Lab Grabs Falling Booster Mid-Air With a Sikorsky S-92 Helicopter
3 May 2022, 14:02 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / A customized Sikorsky S-92 helicopter caught a booster mid-air. This milestone marks a major step for Rocket Lab's effort to make a reusable Electron rocket
Rocket Lab's Sikorsky S-92 Helicopter Prepares to Catch a Rocket Mid-Air
5 Apr 2022, 18:30 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Rocket Lab will use for the first time a cutomized Sikorsky S-92 to snatch the first stage of its Electron rocket as it returns back to Earth from space
Neutron Is a Next-Gen Rocket That Can Stand on Its Own and Return to the Launch Site
3 Dec 2021, 08:21 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Rocket Lab's next-gen rocket boasts a truly impressive range of innovations, including a remarkable "Hungry Hippo" fairing design
Rocket Lab Plans to Use a Helicopter to Catch a Rocket Mid-Air as It Returns from Space
21 Oct 2021, 01:03 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Rocket Lab's next mission will serve as a testbest for new tech aimed at making its Electron rocket the first reusable orbital launch vehicle for satellites
Rocket Lab Set to Launch Astroscale Satellite, Will Demo New Space Debris Removal Tech
23 Sep 2021, 19:22 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Rocket Lab's Electron rocket will carry Astroscale's ADRAS-J satellite into orbit. Once deployed, the satellite will demo new space debris removal tech
Rocket Lab Is Gearing Up for Its First Launch to the Moon
9 Aug 2021, 14:19 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / On August 6th, Space service provider Rocket Lab announced that it shifted its CAPSTONE launch from NASA's facility in Virginia to New Zealand.
Rocket Lab Is Back, Aces U.S. Space Force Monolith Satellite Launch
29 Jul 2021, 09:24 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Space service provider Rocket Lab successfully launched today, July 29th, the Monolith satellite to low Earth orbit for the U.S. Space Force.
Another Mars Mission on the Horizon, Rocket Lab Will Design the Spacecraft
15 Jun 2021, 15:24 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Rocket Lab was chosen to design two spacecraft for yet another space mission to Mars. The ESCAPADE mission is scheduled for 2024.
Rocket Lab Gets Green Light to Resume Launches After Experiencing Flight Anomaly
2 Jun 2021, 15:12 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Rocket Lab received aproval from FAA to resume its satellite launches after its mission failed to deploy the cargo into the orbit.
Rocket Lab Announces Reusable Neutron Rocket for Cargo, Human Spaceflight
3 Mar 2021, 10:45 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / When Rocket Lab says it will do something, it does; CEO Peter Beck says Neutron will go online and be ready to put stuff into orbit and beyond in 2024
CubeSats Fly for the First Time on a Rocket Built for Them
18 Dec 2018, 14:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / CubeSats are small-sized satellites that have started life as a tool for NASA to teach engineering students how to build spacecraft