Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket will likely return to flight before the year is out, though work remains before missions can resume, according to a new statement released Wednesday.

Rocket Lab's first-ever launch from U.S. soil will light up the skies for much of the East Coast when it launches from NASA's Wallops Island facility in Virginia on Tuesday (Jan. 24).

On Tuesday, Rocket Lab will try again to send its first payloads to orbit from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) in Virginia. With clear skies and a launch window that opens after sunset ...

Rocket Lab will attempt to catch a falling Electron first stage with a helicopter during its next orbital mission, which will lift off no earlier than April 19.

July 17 (UPI) --California space firm Rocket Lab successfully launched seven satellites into orbit from New Zealand on Tuesday under sunny skies, after having pushed back the launch several hours. ...

Rocket Lab is gearing up for its 26th launch on Friday, but the California-based aerospace company will do something different this time: attempt to recover a first stage booster by catching it ...

Rocket Lab's Electron takes to the skies for its 53rd launch out of Mahia, NZ, for return French Internet-of-Things customer, Kinéis. Photo Credit: Rocket Lab.

But Rocket Lab's success there is likely to be critical for the site's success. And it definitely makes for a pretty place to watch a launch. John Timmer Senior Science Editor ...

Rocket Lab gives most of its missions whimsical names. This one was called “There and Back Again,” a nod to the recovery of the booster as well as the subtitle of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The ...