Rocket Lab Pitches $4B Mars Sample Return Bid After Biosignature Discovery

NASA's ESCAPADE craft returns to Florida for fall mission to Mars

NASA officials say its Mars-bound ESCAPADE spacecraft is back in Florida and is being prepped for its scheduled launch this fall.

Rocket Lab preps for missions to Mars (RKLB:NASDAQ)

Rocket Lab U.S.A. prepares for new missions to Mars

Rocket Lab’s Two Mars-Bound Spacecraft Arrive in Florida Ahead of Launch

LONG BEACH, Calif., Sept. 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a leading launch and space systems company, delivered two Explorer-class spacecraft to Kennedy Space Flight Center for NASA’s Escape and Plasma…

Rocket Lab's Two Mars-Bound Spacecraft Arrive in Florida Ahead of Launch - Rocket Lab (NASDAQ:RKLB)

LONG BEACH, Calif., Sept. 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Lab Corporation (NASDAQ:RKLB) ("Rocket Lab" or "the Company"), a leading launch and space systems company, delivered two Explorer-class spacecraft to Kennedy Space Flight Center for NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission, in partnership with the University of California, Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory. Last year Rocket Lab completed the d…

NASA found intriguing rocks on Mars, so where does that leave Mars Sample Return?

“I have to look at dollars, and I have to look at time, and I have to look at return.”…

Could NASA's Mars Sample Return be saved? Lockheed Martin proposes $3 billion plan to haul home Red Planet rocks

Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new proposal to take over NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return mission for less than half the current cost while achieving key science goals.