Rocket Lab Protest Could Torpedo NASA’s 2028 Launch Of Mars Orbiter

Rocket Lab’s out-of-the-blue protest against NASA’s commissioning Blue Origin to develop the Mars Telecommunications Network ...

Rocket Lab is seeing red about NASA’s decision on a Mars spacecraft

The agency finally reached a decision earlier this month, selecting Blue Origin to develop, launch, and operate a $700 million spacecraft at Mars. However, the main competitor for the award, Rocket ...
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Rocket Lab to Launch NASA Astrophysics Science Mission on Electron to Study Galaxy Evolution

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 it has been selected by ...

Astronauts Launching on NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 Will Support Variety of ISS National Lab-Sponsored Research

Four new crew members are preparing to launch to the International Space Station (ISS) on NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 mission. During their six-month expedition, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke ...
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NASA’s Roman Team Snaps Test Coronagraph Image

“This observation confirms that the instrument can produce a focused image,” said Vanessa Bailey, a Roman Coronagraph Instrument scientist at NASA JPL. “It’s a very limited test that kicks off a ...
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Rocket Lab asks NASA to open up MSR to commercial competition

Rocket Lab wants NASA to open up the Mars Sample Return program to commercial competition, arguing it can carry out the mission faster and cheaper than the agency's alternatives. Credit: Rocket Lab ...

NASA invites Steph to visit lunar lab after doubts over moon landing

NASA hopes a visit to the Johnson Space Center will turn Stephen Curry into a moon landing believer. The agency extended an ...
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Rocket Lab stock rises as NASA selects Electron for two missions

Shares of Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) climbed in premarket trading after the space company announced that NASA had selected its Electron launch vehicle for two Earth and solar science missions. The ...
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Rocket Lab takes jab at NASA with release of Mars sample return plan

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. NASA earlier ...
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NASA Selects Far-Infrared Telescope as First in New Mission Class

NASA announced Wednesday a mission to explore the history and evolution of the universe, PRIMA (PRobe far-Infrared Mission ...

NASA rushed engineers out of their labs. They say it risks future space missions

NASA employees say they've lost vital equipment and staff needed to make sophisticated spacecraft amid the agency's abrupt relocations over the past several months.
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Rocket Lab Really (Really) Wants NASA to Pay It $4 Billion

For the past four years, NASA's Perseverance Rover has been trundling around the surface of Mars, collecting 30 separate samples of the air and soil (so, Mars rocks) with the aim of having a parcel ...