Long Beach, California. May 14, 2025. Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “Company”), a world leader in launch services and space systems, announced today that it had been selected by NASA to launch its Aspera mission, an astrophysical scientific mission designed to study the training and evolution of galaxies and provide new badges in the functioning of the universe.
Rocket Lab will launch the Aspera spacecraft on Electron from the Rocket Labe 1 launch complex no earlier than the first quarter 2026. Thanks to the use of a telescope to study ultraviolet light, Aspera will examine hot gas in space between galaxies, called intergalactic support, which is supposed to contribute to the birth of stars and planets. Aspera will be the first mission of NASA astrophysics to bring together and map these signatures of ultraviolet light, to potentially unlock a deeper understanding of the origins of stars, planets and life in the universe.
Aspera joins the list of scientific missions of NASA awarded to Rocket Lab, including the Capstone mission launched on the Moon by Electron and operated by the Lunar Photon spacecraft of Rocket Lab; The tropical mission on the surveillance of the Hurricane of NASA was launched on two electron launches in May 2023; The mission focused on climate change of the agency that studies glacial caps to fusion in Antarctica; And other science and technology missions of small small satellites launched on Electron since 2018.
Sir Peter Beck, founder of Rocket Lab, Sir Peter Beck, said: “As a long -term launch partner for the most pioneering satellites in NASA, it is great to be able to continue this first launcher through another innovative scientific calendar like Aspera. Electron turned out to be the first full launch launcher for the orbital change again for Aspera. ”
Aspera is part of the NASA pioneer program in the astrophysical division at the NASA headquarters, which finances convincing research in the science of astrophysics at a lower cost. The Aspera mission has been awarded to Rocket Lab through the acquisition of the NASA venture capital class from the DEDIATED AND RIDDESHARE (VADR) program, a five-year contracting vehicle to place the useful charges of NASA sciences and technologies on American trade launchers.
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Founded in 2006, Rocket Lab is a spatial company from start to finish with an established experience in the success of the mission. We provide reliable launch services, the manufacture of satellites, the components of space vessels and orbit management solutions that make it faster, easier and more affordable to access the space. Based in Long Beach, California, Rocket Lab designs and manufactures the Electron Small Orbital Launch vehicle, the Suborbital Haste launch vehicle for hypersonic tests, a family of proven spaceship and the largest neutrons launch vehicle for the deployment of the constellation. Since its first orbital launch in January 2018, the Electron Launch vehicle from Rocket Lab has become the second more frequently launched US Rocket each year. Rocket Lab has deployed more than 200 useful charges from its launch sites in the United States and New Zealand for organizations in the private and public sector, allowing operations in national security, scientific research, attenuation of space debris, in earth observation, climate surveillance and communication. Rocket Lab’s family of spaceships was selected to support NASA’s missions on the Moon and Mars, as well as the first private commercial mission to Venus. Rocket Lab has three launch ramps on two launch sites, including two launching ramps on a private orbital launch site located in New Zealand and a third launch pad in Virginia. To find out more, visit www.rocketlabusa.com.
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