Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Rocket Lab Successfully Launches NASA Mission

Long Beach-based Rocket Lab successfullly launched a NASA mission to space, and recovered the company's first stage in New Zealand yesterday. According to Rocket Lab, the "Baby Come Back" mission deployed seven satellites to space, including a payload from NASA (the Starling CubeSat mission), and satellites from Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) and Spire Global. Rocket Lab also recovered its first stage in a "soft splashdown" using parachutes into the ocean.