Peter Beck

In a David and Goliath space-race, Sir Peter Beck, a boy from Invercargill, is more than holding his own. Audio

Rocket Lab is making progress with its plan to make the world's first reusable small rocket.

Yesterday it launched its 39th Electron mission and successfully returned the rocket to Earth, before… Audio

Humanity is one small step closer to returning to the Moon this morning, thanks in part to some of New Zealand's top scientific minds.

Last night Rocket Lab successfully released NASA's CAPSTONE… Audio

New Zealand's Rocket Lab has won a contract that may send two of its Photon spacecraft on a mission to Mars in 2024.

The firm is to design the craft for NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and… Audio

It's a big week for Rocket Lab. The space company has confirmed it will be publicly listed through a merger deal with an American special purpose acquisition company.

The deal with Vector Acquisition… Audio

As the 10 year anniversary of the Christchurch February earthquake approaches, the impact of that day continues to be felt differently depending on which part of the city people live in.

In the first… Audio

Can you imagine using you garage - to build a rocket to send satellies into space? That's what Rocket Lab staff had to do in New Zealand when the country went into lockdown and production had to stop… Audio

Rocket Lab will attempt to recover the largest part of its rocket for the first time today, when it launches its new mission "Return to Sender" this afternoon

The rocket splits into two pieces… Audio

Rocket Lab is aiming beyond the moon, with plans to go to the second planet from the Sun - Venus. That mission is still a few years away. Rocket Lab's founder and chief executive Peter Beck talks… Audio

Rocket Lab won't know what caused their rocket to fail yesterday until a full investigation is completed, but it will not launch another mission until those answers are found.

The ground crew lost… Audio

People of all faiths are asking their congregations to support the Muslim community at the National Remembrance Service one year on from the Christchuch mosque attacks.

Prominent religious figures… Audio

Fifty years after the moon landings - during which the space race slowed to a crawl - exploration is speeding up again.  Audio

It's the launch of a new era in the space industry. Rocket Lab has sent its first commercial rocket into space. The rocket, dubbed "It's Business Time", successfully took off from the Mahia Peninsula… Audio

Rocket Lab says its first launchpad outside of New Zealand will be one of many. Audio

The founder and CEO of Rocket Lab, Peter Beck, is one of six medalists in this year's Sir Peter Blake Leadership Awards, announced June 8. Rocket Lab successfully launched its first rocket into orbit… Audio