by James Ritch | Feb 28, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Rocket Lab announced Monday it has selected Wallops Island as the location for its first launch site and manufacturing and operations complex for Neutron, the company’s new 8-ton reusable rocket. Rocket Lab will launch the Neutron from a new Virginia...
by James Ritch | Dec 2, 2021 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Rocket Lab USA, Inc., gave its first major update on the development of its Neutron rocket Thursday. Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck in a virtual event revealed details about Neutron’s design, materials, propulsion, and reusability architecture...
by James Ritch | Aug 26, 2021 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Rocket Lab announced Wednesday it completed a merger with Vector Acquisition Corporation to take the company public. The combined company will be called Rocket Lab USA Inc. It started trading on Nasdaq Wednesday, with stock trading under the...
by James Ritch | Dec 17, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — The Accomack County Board of Supervisors accepted a planning grant for sewer improvements in the Makemie Park community and authorized the county administrator to negotiate with the Accomack-Northampton Planning District Commission for administration...
by James Ritch | Aug 31, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn and Connie Morrison — A Navy aircraft crashed Monday afternoon in a soybean field off Mason Road in Bloxom, triggering a massive emergency response. The crash was reported around 4:05 p.m. The plane was a Navy E-2C Hawkeye aircraft, the kind that...
