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Through a collaborative effort guided by ASU's Interplanetary Initiative, two ASU students had the opportunity to participate in a seven-day NASA-hosted "Rock On!" program held at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

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Rocket Lab has transformed Virgin Orbit’s massive headquarters and manufacturing facility into a new engine development center, at just a fraction of the price that it would’ve cost to purchase new. “The 144,000+ square foot advanced manufacturing complex is now home to high-rate production for our industry-leading Rutherford engine, as well development and production for the new Archimedes engine that will power our Neutron launch vehicle,” the invitation said. Roc...

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Electron rockets are prepared for launch.

A Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket carrying students experiments for the RockOn! mission successfully launched from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility Aug. 17 at 6 a.m.

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A second sounding rocket launch from NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Accomack County has been postponed after an unknown "anomaly" occurred with the first rocket.

LOWELL, Mass. The University of Massachusetts at Lowell (UMass Lowell) recently received nearly $5.5 million from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Innovation Institute at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative to develop a new hub at the university that offers a one-stop support system for researchers and businesses seeking to design, build, and test small satellites and spacecraft components.

NASA’s scientific balloons can launch instruments weighing up to two cars at a fraction of the cost of a rocket launch to low Earth orbit but first the forecast needs to be just right.