Rocket Lab, founded in New Zealand and now headquartered in Long Beach, California, launched its first Electron in 2017. The flight was terminated after a loss of telemetry, but the booster was ...

Here’s how it works. A Rocket Lab Electron booster carrying two commercial satellites failed to reach orbit Saturday (May 15) after suffering an anomaly just minutes after liftoff. The launch ...

Rocket Lab aims to make space far more accessible via its Electron booster, which is designed to launch small payloads to orbit for about $5 million per liftoff. See photos of Electron in action here.

Rocket Lab’s CEO says the company will try to recover the first-stage booster of its Electron rocket to save time and money. “Electron is going reusable,” CEO Peter Beck announced today at ...

While Rocket Lab previously attempted to use a helicopter to catch its booster in mid-air, it’s now opting for marine recovery. While Rocket Lab previously attempted to use a helicopter to catch ...

The Sikorsky S-92 helicopter that Rocket Lab used to snag its Electron booster at 6:49 p.m. Eastern on May 2 (10:49 am local time in New Zealand on May 3.) Rocket Lab Monday’s mission didn’t ...

Rocket Lab’s next Electron mission will include another marine recovery attempt of the rocket's booster, the latest step by the company to advance its reusability program. The mission ...

Doing so will prevent the booster — the main shaft of the rocket — from touching the corrosive, salty seawater. The Electron rocket is Rocket Lab's small satellite launcher workhorse.

Rocket Lab launched a booster with a flight-proven engine for the first time today (Aug. 23), taking a big step toward rocket reusability. An Electron rocket carrying an Earth-observation radar ...

While this will not be the first launch of Rocket Lab's Electron booster, it will be the first time it will launch in the United States. Previously, the company launched 32 Electron missions from ...

The Electron rocket can launch 300 kilograms to low earth orbit. The cost per launch is $7.5 million. The SpaceX Falcon 9 can a launch 17 tons to low earth orbit when the first stage booster is ...

Ever since Elon Musk’s SpaceX proved recoverable rocket boosters are a thing, several other companies have joined the game and are now making such pieces of hardware that can land themselves ...