Rocket Lab plans to launch its Electron rocket from Virginia's Wallops Flight Facility at midnight, Dec.18. The mission will deliver four experimental disk-shaped satellites into orbit for the U.S.

Ready for liftoff in Virginia? A company known as Rocket Lab is planning to launch its diminutive Electron rocket from its complex at the Wallops Flight Facility. Rocket Lab won't be able to debut its ...

The crew includes a physicist from Florida and a German aerospace engineer who could become the first person who uses a wheelchair to reach space. The suborbital flight will last about 11 minutes, ...