Visit Wallops Island, Virginia 🚀

Scenic views! Beach, history & rockets! Gateway to the ISS, Moon, Mars and beyond! #Wallops … A beautiful place for space! #Electron #HASTE #Neutron #Eclipse

[NASA Wallops @NASAWallops]

Welcome Stargazer L-1011!

@NorthropGrumman's aircraft arrived at Wallops this afternoon ahead of integration with the Pegasus rocket next week.

[Visit Wallops Island, Virginia 🚀 @VisitWallops]

@NASAUniverse @NASAWallops 🚀

[NASA Universe @NASAUniverse]

LINK, a robotic servicing spacecraft from Katalyst Space designed to boost the orbit of our Swift telescope, has arrived at @NASAWallops! Here, LINK will be installed in a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket set to launch later this month. Learn more: https://t.co/teg26V6ffj

[Firefly Aerospace @FireflySpace]

Shoot for the stars, land on the Moon, start your career today! We're hiring passionate individuals to help us launch, land and orbit in space. Check out what positions are available here: https://t.co/545w6hFHwj

[Rocket Lab @RocketLab]

Establishing a new constellation in LEO requires frequent launch with precision orbital deployment accuracy. That’s exactly what Electron has delivered for @synspective across 8 missions to date - and we've got 19 more to go.

[Visit Wallops Island, Virginia 🚀 @VisitWallops]

@RocketLab @EShoreSpaceflt @SpaceForceCSO @USSpaceForce 🚀

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@Muzznzer @EShoreSpaceflt @Peter_J_Beck 🚀

[Visit Wallops Island, Virginia 🚀 @VisitWallops]

@SenTimKaine @NASAWallops @RocketLab 🚀

[Senator Tim Kaine @SenTimKaine]

It was great to visit @NASAWallops and @RocketLab today to see up close the incredible contributions being made on the Eastern Shore to space exploration, science research, and our national security.

[Rocket Lab @RocketLab]

Great having @SenTimKaine visit the home of Neutron, Electron, and HASTE on the Eastern Shore. We share and appreciate the Senator’s commitment to ensuring the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport becomes a hub for national security, interplanetary science and exploration!

[Rocket Lab @RocketLab]

Proud to deliver mission success for @HypersonixAU and @DIU_x on HASTE 🚀

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@kyle_LTS @LaunchHeavenX @RocketLab 🚀

[Rocket Lab @RocketLab]

Whoa that’s a full rainbow, all the way, double rainbow ohmygod, it’s a double rainbow all the way

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@maddireidy @RocketLab 🚀

[Madison Malone @maddireidy]

Inside @RocketLab 's Neutron test program with VP Shaun D'Mello.

From a carpark conversation with Peter Beck about a next generation, medium-lift launch vehicle, to a team of about 500 building & testing flight hardware. The race for reusable rockets is underway.

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
02:32 - The first Neutron conversation
03:54 - Scaling the Neutron team: 5 to 500
05:53 - Building in public: 'The pressure is definitely on'
08:07 - Design consequences of a bigger rocket
09:40 - Inside the qualification program: Hungry Hippo fairing thermal testing
13:20 - Thrust structure: 125% max load test
15:39 - Stage 1 rebuild: 3D printing timeline
18:24 - Usability of AFP machine
19:10 - Archimedes engine update: Testing & build rate
21:31 - Avionics & flight software for debut flight
23:20 - Regulation required
24:07 - Reusability: Splashdown & stage recovery
26:25 - Flight 2 components in production
27:23 - Aircraft-like operations
30:05 - Allowance for future iterations
31:58 - Multi-planetary missions & human spaceflight
33:32 - 'This is going to be something that’s never been done before.'
34:27 - Likelihood of 2026 debut launch
35:06 - How the team is hustling

[MurrayJ @Muzznzer]

Rocket Lab Neutron Stage 2 separation testing Warkworth New Zealand today.
The test version of Stage 2 lowered into the test version of the Interstage where it "hangs".
A very slow and careful operation - very precise work by the lady that drives the crane.
I met her proud parents watching her work while I was there.

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@RocketLab @DeptofWar 🚀

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@RocketLab 🚀

[Rocket Lab @RocketLab]

Manifest: Now 70+ launches.
Backlog: Over $2B.
Launch contracts: 28 sold in Q1 so far, almost as many as were sold in the full year 2025.

More details: https://t.co/l6pLLqScKZ

[Rocket Lab @RocketLab]

Our largest launch contract yet: 20x new HASTE launches for @DeptofWar to accelerate hypersonics for America.

We're delivering reliable, modern hypersonic capabilities to the nation with speed and affordability - and the first mission in this block of launches is just months away🚀