Rocket Lab Reaches Space On First Launch

Credit: Rocket Lab
LOS ANGELES—Small launch vehicle start-up Rocket Lab successfully “made it to space” with the first test flight of its Electron launch vehicle from New Zealand on May 25. Although the vehicle did not achieve orbit as planned, Rocket Lab CEO and founder Peter Beck says the initial test was “a great...

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