On Monday, Rocket Lab announced that Japanese satellite company Synspective has awarded it its largest-ever contract as measured by rockets launched -- 10 launches to put 10 Synspective synthetic ...

There was all manner of hoopla last November, when NASA finally launched its Space Launch System (SLS) moon rocket, not least because its 4 million kg (8.8 million lbs) of thrust made it the most ...

Measuring two metres taller than its predecessors, the Block 2 Starship is the biggest rocket ever built – more than double the height of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Following the launch of the ...

SpaceX called off its first launch attempt of its giant rocket Monday after a problem cropped up during fuelling. Elon Musk’s company had planned to fly the 120-metre Starship rocket from the ...

Late last year shares of the manufacturer of Electron small space rockets had some fabulous news to report: It snagged its biggest contract win ever when the U.S. Space Force tapped it to build ...

Abracadabra, Rocket Lab just made back $50 million of the $80 million it spent to buy SolAero, courtesy of U.S. taxpayers -- and even that wasn't the biggest news for Rocket Lab this month.

It also outflanks the former Soviet Union’s 105-metre N1 moon rocket (10.2 million pounds), which never made it past a minute into flight, exploding with no one aboard.

Its largest satellite launch contract ever On June 7, Rocket Lab announced it had won a contract to launch five rockets for French Internet of Things (IoT) company Kineis.