The government hopes a successful Rocket Lab programme could open up a new sector.

A Seattle-based company wants to share the ride to space.

The weather looks good at the start of the window for Rocket Lab's planned launch.

After a decade of development NZ's Rocket Lab is ready to launch into orbit.

Rocket scientist Lachlan Matchett has been named Young Engineer of the Year.

Rocket Lab is now a $1.4 billion company after attracting more US backing.

The Rocket Lab's first stage booster rocket has passed a trial putting the company closer to the test launch of its Electron vehicle

COMMENT: Associate Professor Johan Potgieter reckons New Zealand's future as a space nation looks bright.

Best of Business: The most powerful machine to fly from this country will be headed for orbit in a matter of months.

Rocket Lab has officially opened its launch site on the East Coast - the world's first private orbital launch complex.

Rocket Lab is preparing for live testing of its Electron rocket which it can kill if it strays off course.

Rocket Lab has moved closer to a trial launch from its East Coast site by doing a deal with Airways to keep its launch airspace clear.

Rocket Lab's space programme is a step closer to liftoff with the installation of a launch platform.

Rocket Lab's mission to send a rocket to the moon is a step closer to reality.

Government is looking to regulate how waste from rocket launches will be disposed of upon returning to Earth.

Education futurist Frances Valintine fears New Zealand risks being left behind in the global digital revolution.

NZ company Rocket Lab is a step closer to lift off, today saying it had done a deal for three satellite launches .

Sheep, hills, remoteness and rockets. New Zealand is about to blast off from distant Mahia and into the world's $350 billion space economy.

Auckland company Rocket Lab has signed another customer to launch small satellites into space later this year.

Kiwi space company Rocket Lab may be flying spacecraft to the lunar surface as soon as 2017.

Rocket Lab unveiled its turbo pump system overnight at the United States Space Symposium, a gathering of more than 10,000 involved in space technology in Colorado.