Rocket Lab and Stoke Space receive $5 million apiece to prep their launch vehicles for government inspections.

Space Force picks Rocket Lab to compete for launch contracts worth up to $5.6 billion. Shares of the SpaceX rival jump.

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) ("Rocket Lab" or "the Company"), a global leader in launch services and space systems, has today been selected by the U.S. Space Force to compete for the Department of Defense’s highest-priority national security missions for its National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 1 program.

A rocket by a private European aerospace company launched from Norway on Sunday and crashed into the sea 30 seconds later.

Isar Aerospace plans to send off its two-stage-to-orbit Spectrum rocket as the first commercial orbital launch vehicle from mainland Europe.

The first orbital rocket launch from European soil ended in an explosion when Isar Aerospace's rocket fell to Earth seconds after launching on March 30.