Rocket Lab’s Pioneer Spacecraft Delivers Re-Entry for Varda’s In-Space Manufacturing Capsule in South Australia.

the closest a non-Soviet probe has come to landing on Venus was the Pioneer Venus 2 (Pioneer 13) mission from 1978 when it launched a number of probes into the Venusian atmosphere, one of which ...

The noon Sun stands directly over Earth’s equator at 5:01 a.m. EDT on March 20. This point is the vernal equinox, or simply ...

Led by Rocket Lab of Long Beach, California, and their partners at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, ...

A company that's slated to launch the world's first-ever private mission to Venus is getting ready for the planet's super-hot temperatures with some help from NASA. The space agency boasted in a ...

The company states: “Rocket Lab (RKLB) USA announced its second Pioneer spacecraft for Varda Space Industries, Inc. is successfully operating on orbit. The mission launched January 14 ...

The Pioneer spacecraft designed ... as well as the first private commercial mission to Venus. Rocket Lab has three launch pads at two launch sites, including two launch pads at a private orbital ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) NASA has installed a heat shield on the first private spacecraft bound for Venus, led by Rocket Lab. The Heatshield for Extreme Entry Environment Technology ...

Rocket Lab technician prepares third Pioneer spacecraft for Varda Space Industries W-3 mission for shipment to Vandenberg Space Force Base. Credit: Rocket Lab The Pioneer spacecraft designed ...