While Elon Musk’s spaceflight company repeated a spectacular catch of its powerful booster stage, the upper stage experienced ...

Credit: Rocket Lab ORLANDO, Fla. — Rocket Lab is asking the incoming administration to reconsider NASA’s plans for Mars Sample Return (MSR), arguing it can offer an approach that is faster and ...

With that in mind, Rocket Lab this week urged NASA to immediately launch an official commercial competition for MSR, and open up the project to competing bids. As Rocket Lab argues, other ...

In what appears to be a jab at NASA, Rocket Lab this week unveiled its own plan to return rock and dust samples the space agency has been collecting from Mars’ Jezero Crater since 2021.

In the first image from November 2022, the underwater mud volcano is solidly beneath sea level, with no discernable land ...

Estes Rockets is the country’s biggest manufacturer of model rockets for hobbyists, and it’s stockpiling parts from China.

which would carry them to orbit and rendezvous with yet another rocket for return to Earth, where yet another lander would return the samples to NASA and the European Space Agency for study.

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (NASDAQ:RKLB) disclosed an agreement with NASA to include its Neutron rocket under the existing Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare contract.

Rocket Lab's Neutron rocket joins NASA's VADR program, expanding capabilities for diverse payload missions. Neutron supports commercial/government launches, advancing Rocket Lab's goal of becoming ...

Move over, traditional Yule Log fire on a screen in the living room. NASA has a better option. Stream a rocket engine fireplace in the living room instead. Here's what NASA says about its ...