Rocket Lab Corporation (RKLB) announced that its Neutron rocket's Stage 1 tank ruptured during a hydrostatic pressure trial.

Rocket Lab said that qualification testing of the Neutron Stage 1 tank, conducted overnight, resulted in a rupture during a ...

In the high-stakes world of aerospace development, the difference between a successful orbit and a catastrophic mission failure is often found at the absolute edge of a pressure gauge. Rocket Lab's ...

Neutron is a class heavier than Rocket Lab's Electron rocket workhorse, which has seen a steady and consistent increase in ...

Rocket Lab shares are up on Friday as the company recently completed its first launch of 2026, marking its 80th Electron ...

Rocket Lab last month said it shipped the18-ft.-dia. fairing, which opens and closes like a clamshell, to Neutron’s launch site at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility ...

Six months after its first orbital rocket cleared the launch tower for just 14 seconds before crashing back to Earth, Gilmour ...

One of the first-stage fuel tanks for Rocket Lab's next-generation Neutron rocket failed during pressure testing, SpaceNews ...

MAHIA, New Zealand, Jan. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, successfully ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. LONG BEACH, Calif., Dec. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) ("Rocket Lab" or "the ...

Rocket Lab completes its first 2026 launch, deploying two satellites for Open Cosmos. Electron rocket proves reliable and ...

A tank built for Rocket Lab’s Neutron rocket was damaged during qualification testing, threatening to further delay the vehicle’s first flight.