NASA's troubled Mars sample-return program may have a new lifeline, in the form of a proposal from private space company Rocket Lab to help save the mission. However, while Perseverance has been ...

Rocket Lab Corporation (NASDAQ:RKLB) announced that it delivered two Explorer-class spacecraft to Kennedy Space Flight Center for NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers mission, ...

Rocket Lab Corporation (RKLB) announced the successful launch of its two Explorer-class spacecraft. The launch was a part of NASA's ESCAPADE mission, in collaboration with the University of California ...

Orbiting Mars is the next goal for Rocket Lab USA’s deep dive into outer space. Two twin satellites made by the Long Beach-based company were sent to Kennedy Space Center in Florida for preparations ...

Two Mars-bound smallsats that will fly on the highly anticipated debut of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket have arrived at their launch site in Florida. The satellite duo, known as ESCAPADE ("Escape and ...

Two NASA spacecraft built by Rocket Lab are on the road from California to Florida this weekend to begin preparations for launch on Blue Origin’s first New Glenn rocket. These two science probes must ...

The CEO is interested in bringing back rock samples collected by the agency's Perseverance rover from the red planet after some of the samples collected by the rover contained mineral textures that ...

Rocket Lab built a pair of small Mars science orbiters, which are awaiting a new launch date. The company is now hoping to land on Mars as well to retrieve rock and soil samples for NASA and ESA.

NASA is in desperate need of an alternative plan for its Mars Sample Return, and is hoping the private industry can salvage its ambitious mission. Reading time 3 minutes For more than three years, ...