and gravitational + rotating ref frame forces are cancelled out to resolve internal joint stresses ere loading the rocket --Greatly tightened default joint settings Bugfixes --Non-zero angular limits ...

Rocket Lab USA (RKLB) shares climbed Friday after the U.S. Space Force selected the company to join its $5.6 billion National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program. Under the program, Rocket Lab ...

The mission, designated NROL-174, lifted off at 3:33 p.m. Eastern from Space Launch Complex 8 (SLC-8) at Vandenberg.

The U.S. Space Force has added Kent, Wash.-based Stoke Space and California-based Rocket Lab USA to the list ... for the national security launch program “is a testament to the company’s ...

Vulcan’s certification means SpaceX should have at least one competitor for future launches — though several other firms are lining up behind them.

The plan is to build the equivalent of Florida’s Cape Canaveral to anchor the Islamic Republic’s space ambitions. It’s a program that ... satellite carrier rocket – likely shortens the ...

March 27, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rocket Lab USA ... security missions for its National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 1 program. The firm-fixed price, indefinite delivery/indefinite ...

Rocket Lab's Neutron (left) and Stoke Space's Nova rockets tapped for the Space Force's NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 program. Credit: Rocket Lab and Stoke Space The U.S. Space Force has added Rocket Lab ...

On Episode 156 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik welcome Dr. Phil Metzger from the University of Central Florida to discuss the dangerous realities of rocket plumes when landing ...