The slingshot that flung Rocket Lab spacecraft toward Mars

The slingshot that flung Rocket Lab spacecraft toward Mars

Chris KeallTechnology Editor/Senior Business Writer·NZ Herald·13 Nov, 2026 04:00 PM6 mins to read‌Rocket Lab founder and CEO on booking 16 Neutron missions ahead of debut launch, the market for space companies and why he’d never get on a rocket. Video / Ryan Bridge TODAYMt Wellington, we have a problem.Rocket Lab won a Nasa contract to design and build two spacecraft, “Blue” and “Gold”, that will orbit Mars for the United States space agency’s “Escapade” (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) mission. The goal: to better understand the effect of the solar

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