April 2020
European spaceports compete for recognition and business
... also their hope that investments will come from space transportation companies like the Virgin Group or Rocket Labs, when (or if) they expand their operations to Europe. But commercial space transportation in the US is taking time to develop; space...
October 2018
The ethics of space exploration
... for residencies or unique experiences such as parabolic flights. The Humanity Star, a sculpture delivered to orbit by Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket during its maiden flight, was a literal disco ball, made out of dozens of highly reflective panels...
16 October 2015
Hitchhikers no more: NASA picks 3 firms to launch cubesats
...million for Firefly Space Systems, and $6.9 million for Rocket Lab USA. Virgin and Firefly’s contracts are discounted due to NASA’s ...status as an early customer, while Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck said that its Electron vehicle will ...
June 2017
Space economics - industry trends and space investing
... launch companies and those involved in remote sensing and communications. New launch entrants include Vector Space, Rocket Labs, Blue Origin and Relativity Space, all of which are attempting to optimise a three variable value equation: availability...
June 2022
Patent protection for space manufacturing
... factory in space with the launch of its first spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rideshare mission planned for early 2023. Rocket Lab is to build and jointly operate multiple Photon Spacecraft for Varda, supporting its 120 kg manufacturing and re-entry...
October 2023
Space architecture on Earth
... sites have played pioneering historical roles, like the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station in Thiruvananthapuram, India, and others like Rocket Lab Launch Complex, on Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand and Kulasekarapattinam Spaceport, in India...
