Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has been selected to provide hypersonic test launch capability via the company’s HASTE launch vehicle, engineering expertise, and other services through its participation in […]
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Firefly Aerospace awarded NASA contract to launch INCUS mission from Wallops
Firefly Aerospace has been awarded a fixed-price NASA’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) contract for a dedicated Alpha launch of the agency’s Investigation of Convective Updrafts (INCUS) mission […]
Rocket Lab’s HASTE suborbital launch vehicle soars testing hypersonic test launch capabilities
Rocket Lab’s second dedicated mission for Leidos successfully lifted off on November 24, 2024, at 06:00 UTC. The launch was performed by HASTE, a vehicle derived from the two-stage orbital-class […]
Successful 1st flight of Kratos’ Erinyes™ Hypersonic Test Bed
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS) recently revealed that the firm’s Space & Missile Defense Systems Business Unit, a part of Kratos’ Defense & Rocket Support Systems (DRSS) […]
U.S. Space Force awards $14.49 million contract to Rocket Lab for Space Test Program-30
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) announces its award of a $14.49 million task order from the U.S. Space Force (USSF) to launch an Electron mission from Launch Complex 2. […]
NASA to launch sounding rockets into the Moon’s shadow during solar eclipse
NASA intends to launch three sounding rockets during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, to study how Earth’s upper atmosphere is affected when sunlight momentarily dims over a […]
Rocket Lab lets it fly with ‘Live and Let Fly’ its first launch for NRO’s spy satellites
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today successfully launched a dedicated mission for the National Reconnaissance […]
Rocket Lab’s Thursday ‘Live and Let Fly’ mission is first launch for NRO
Rocket Lab is ramping up for a launch Thursday, March 21 at 2:40 am from Launch Complex 2, NASA Wallops Flight Facility at Virginia Spaceport Authority’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Wallops, […]
NASA Wallops signs Space Act Agreement to support STEM outreach
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility has reaffirmed a 25-year relationship with the Virginia Space Flight Academy (VASFA) through the signing of a new Space Act Agreement. This formal partnership provides outreach […]
NASA Wallops supports hypersonic rocket launches
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility successfully supported the launch of two, suborbital, sounding rockets on November 15, 2023, for Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP), and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), in […]