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 ...

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 ...

(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.

The new mission is underway on orbit just 15 days after the successful re-entry and landing of Varda’s W-2 mission, which was also powered by Rocket Lab’s Pioneer Spacecraft. Rocket Lab’s ...

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 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 ...