Rocket Lab designed and built the Pioneer spacecraft that hosted Varda’s capsule on orbit for six weeks carrying payloads for the U.S. Air Force Research Lab and NASA. The companies have ...

Rocket Lab's Pioneer spacecraft for Varda Space Industries' W-3 mission integrated onto Transporter-13 at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Credit: SpaceX LONG BEACH, Calif., March 15, 2025--(BUSINESS ...

(Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced its third Pioneer spacecraft for Varda Space Industries, Inc.

Rocket Lab explained that its Pioneer platform hosts Varda’s reentry capsule, which leverages microgravity conditions to conduct operations in space that are difficult or impossible on Earth ...

Rocket Lab's Pioneer spacecraft for Varda Space Industries' W-3 mission integrated onto Transporter-13 at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Credit: SpaceX LONG BEACH, Calif., March 15, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE ...