Six months after its first orbital rocket cleared the launch tower for just 14 seconds before crashing back to Earth, Gilmour ...

Rocket Lab (RKLB) has firmly established itself as the second-most successful space company after SpaceX. With 79 successful Electron rocket launches, a vertically integrated approach to spacecraft ...

Rocket Lab USA Inc. (RKLB) on Thursday announced the liftoff of its first Electron launch of 2026, carrying two spacecraft for Open Cosmos. In an update on X, the company announced that it has ...

Mars Sample Return would have turbo-charged Rocket Lab's revenue and added a feather to its cap.

Rocket Lab’s final Electron mission of the year did more than loft another payload into orbit. By delivering a Japanese radar satellite to space, the company locked in a new annual launch record for ...

American space agency Rocket Lab announced the innovative Hungry Hippo is ready to meet its Neutron carrier rocket, date of ...

With a focus on rapid reuse and reducing launch costs, Neutron’s “Hungry Hippo” fairing halves remain attached to the rocket throughout the entire mission, including launch, payload deployment, and ...

Work on the production floor at Rocket Lab’s Engine Development Complex in Long Beach halted on Friday afternoon, Jan. 9, as more than 200 employees cheered and welcomed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ...

Which US rocket companies achieved the most during 2025? Once again, Ars Technica is here to provide some answers in the form of our annual power ranking of US launch companies. We began doing this in ...