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Rocket Lab Takes Jab at NASA With Release of Mars Sample Return Plan

Rocket Lab proposed a Mars Sample Return (MSR) plan costing under $4 billion and aiming for sample return by 2031, significantly cheaper and faster than NASA's projected timelines. NASA's MSR program ...
Business Wire

Rocket Lab Awarded NASA Study Contract to Explore Bringing Rock Samples from Mars to Earth for the First Time

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced the Company has been ...
GeekWire

Rocket Lab begins construction of a second launch pad at its New Zealand complex

An artist’s conception shows Rocket Lab’s Pad 1-B at the upper corner of its Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand. (Rocket Lab Illustration) Just days after officially opening its Virginia launch pad, ...
Los Angeles Business Journal

Rocket Lab Completes New Launch Pad, Secures $143M Contract

Lift Off: Rocket Lab’s third dedicated orbital launch pad. Rocket Lab USA Inc. signed a $143 million contract on Feb. 24 — the company’s largest order to date — to manufacture 17 spacecraft buses for ...
SpaceNews

Rocket Lab Officially Opens Third Launch Pad, First Mission Scheduled to Launch Within a Week

Rocket Lab USA, Inc (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch and space systems, today announced the completion of its second orbital launch pad at Launch Complex 1 in ...
SpaceNews

Rocket Lab Begins Construction On Third Launch Pad

Rocket Lab, the global leader in dedicated small satellite launch, has begun construction on a new launch pad located at Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand. The new pad will be the company’s third launch ...