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One of SpaceX's biggest rivals on competing with Elon Musk and the new space race
Sir Peter Beck has built Rocket Lab into a $3.5 billion space company and SpaceX competitor.
Tom Carter
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SpaceX is attempting its 3rd Starship launch today. Watch live to see if the rocket explodes again or finally reaches orbit.
SpaceX is set to launch its Starship rocket for a third time on Thursday. Watch live to see whether…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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SpaceX and Rocket Lab are the only consistent and reliable launch companies as other space stocks have trouble raising capital, Bank of America says
"Despite the difficult financing environment, there is more opportunity than ever in space," Bank o…
Filip De Mott
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After the moon, a journey to the sun with Aditya-L1
India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C57 (PSLV-C57) lifted off with the country's Aditya-L1 space…
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Rocket Lab is about to recover a used rocket booster for the first time. Watch the company launch its SpaceX-inspired mission live online.
The 'Return to Sender' mission is a bid to recover expensive aerospace hardware, a move that could …
Dave Mosher
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Rocket Lab will soon attempt its first-ever recovery of a rocket booster — a SpaceX-like capability that could save the company millions per launch
Peter Beck, Rocket Lab's founder and CEO, hopes the planned test on November 15 will help the compa…
Dave Mosher
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Alabama rocket startup Aevum just unveiled the world's biggest drone - a 28-ton autonomous behemoth that may soon rocket US military satellites into orbit
Once a satellite reaches Aevum's spaceport, company founder Jay Skylus says a mostly autonomous sys…
Dave Mosher
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'I am incredibly sorry that we failed': Rocket Lab's 13th space mission didn't reach orbit on Saturday, losing 7 small satellites in the process
An Electron launch vehicle built by Rocket Lab failed to deliver seven small satellites to orbit mi…
Dave Mosher and Reuters
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Elon Musk and other competitors rushed to support Rocket Lab after the startup's founder apologized for losing 7 satellites in a launch failure
When Peter Beck of Rocket Lab said he was "incredibly sorry" for losing his customers' satellites, …
Dave Mosher
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Shifting Gears: Tesla's stock price makes no sense, an interview with Rocket Lab's CEO, and the new Ford Bronco
Also: Airlines' rebound hit a plateau, Elon Musk is officially richer than Warren Buffett, and a hi…
Graham Rapier
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'Big Short' investor Michael Burry trolls Elon Musk by backing a SpaceX rival
Burry didn't just bet against Tesla stock last quarter, he also invested in a SPAC that's buying Ro…
Theron Mohamed
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Rocket Lab agrees to go public via SPAC merger with Vector Acquisition, valuing the space-transport startup at $4.1 billion
The deal is expected to close in the second quarter. Vector will change its name to Rocket Lab and …
Isabelle Lee
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Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit has spent $1 billion trying to reach to space — while a small New Zealand startup got to orbit for a fraction of that
CEO Peter Beck says Rocket Lab has spent about $180 million to develop the Electron launch vehicle,…
Dave Mosher
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Rocket Lab just launched its first spacecraft, transforming a leftover piece of its rocket into a satellite that can carry missions to the moon or Venus
This first launch is just a demo, but NASA has already contracted a Photon spacecraft to fly a moon…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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American tech entrepreneur Jennifer Arcuri 'admits' to affair with Boris Johnson in new interview
Their relationship came under scrutiny when it was revealed Arcuri had benefited from public money …
Naina Bhardwaj
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A 'very, very sneaky' problem doomed Rocket Lab's space mission on July 4, says CEO and founder Peter Beck
Peter Beck, the CEO of Rocket Lab, said the problem may affect hundreds of rocket battery-pack part…
Dave Mosher
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NASA is partnering with 17 US space companies, including Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, to develop new tech 'for the moon and beyond'
NASA said the 20 partnerships, including with SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Rocket Lab, are all unfunded…
Kate Duffy
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How riding rockets going 4,000 mph into suborbital space could slash international flight times from 22 hours to 2
Companies like SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Rocket Lab are exploring the possibility of using rockets t…
Kelly Burch
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A US lab used rockets to launch a semi-truck into a new tractor trailer built to transport nuclear weapons
"You've got to be able to ship nuclear assets safely and securely or you don't have a deterrence pr…
Ryan Pickrell
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Virgin Galactic aims to fly its first human mission from Spaceport America in November, and NASA's sending some science experiments along for the ride
A successful test flight is crucial if the company wants to start serving its well-heeled customers…