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 concluded ...

On May 20, 1978, NASA launched a spacecraft to Venus. The mission was called Pioneer-Venus 1, but it’s also known as the Pioneer Venus Orbiter. This was the first of two spacecraft that made up the ...

On January 22, 2003, NASA's Pioneer 10 spacecraft beams its last data transmission back to Earth. Pioneer 10 was NASA's first mission to the outer planets. It was the first spacecraft to fly through ...

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 Pioneer ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Dec. 12, 1967, NASA launched the Pioneer 8 spacecraft on a mission to study the sun. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on ...

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced its third Pioneer spacecraft ...