On May 8th, 2023, Rocket Lab successfully completed the first of two launches to deploy NASA’s Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) mission across two separate Electron launches. The first mission - Rocket Like A Hurricane - was Rocket Lab’s 36th Electron launch overall and lifted-off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand. #rocket #rockets #spacelaunch #space #rocketlab #rocketry #spacerocket #nasa

Rocket Lab's Electron launches "Full Steam Ahead", the second BlackSky Generation 3 satellite from Launch Complex-1B (LC-1B) at the Māhia Peninsula in New Zealand. | NASASpaceflight.com

11K views · 30 reactions | Watch the latest successful launch from Rocket Lab, "Love At First Insight" which is delivering payloads into space on behalf of BlackSky for their planned satellite constellation. This is the 22nd Electron launch for the Auckland, NZ space company. | CNET | Facebook

21K views · 383 reactions | Video released by Rocket Lab of the testing on the 2nd Stage tank of their upcoming Neutron Rocket. By pushing the tank past the Maximum Expected Operating Pressure (MEOP), tests like this help in the development of tanks, in order to improve the break points. | NASASpaceflight.com | Facebook