Electron rocket

Rocket Lab is Going to try to Re-use its First Stage Booster, Catching it in Mid-air With a Helicopter

CEO Peter Beck of Rocket Lab recently announced that his company will begin retrieving the first stage of its Electron…

5 years ago

Optical Rocket Boosts Electrons to Nearly the Speed of Light

In a new experiment, a team of researchers used laser pulses to accelerate photons to near the speed of light,…

6 years ago

Catch Sight of Humanity Star… While You Can

It's a question I've gotten lots, now that the calendar has flipped over from February to March. The satellite: When…

6 years ago

Perhaps the Best Part of Electron’s Successful Launch was its Payload: the Humanity Star

Rocket Lab's second successful launch of the Electron rocket carried with it a special piece of cargo - the Humanity…

6 years ago

New Zealand’s First Rocket Launch to Space!

Earlier this week, the island nation of New Zealand made history with the first successful launch of a rocket from…

7 years ago