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Blast off: Rocket Lab shares jump 34%, adding $28 billion to its market value

8 May 2026 at 22:13
The Kiwi-American firm scores wins from the Pentagon to the Red Planet.

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth with Rocket Lab founder Sir Peter Beck during the US cabinet member's visit to Rocket Lab's Long Beach, California headquarters on January 9.

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth with Rocket Lab founder Sir Peter Beck during the US cabinet member's visit to Rocket Lab's Long Beach, California headquarters on January 9.

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth with Rocket Lab founder Sir Peter Beck during the US cabinet member's visit to Rocket Lab's Long Beach, California headquarters on January 9.

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth with Rocket Lab founder Sir Peter Beck during the US cabinet member's visit to Rocket Lab's Long Beach, California headquarters on January 9.

Rocket Lab clocks record quarterly revenue, reveals new US military contracts

8 May 2026 at 00:53
The only fly in the ointment is continuing delays to its Neutron rocket.

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth with Rocket Lab founder Sir Peter Beck at the Kiwi-American firm's headquarters in Long Beach, California, in January. Photo / Getty Images

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth with Rocket Lab founder Sir Peter Beck at the Kiwi-American firm's headquarters in Long Beach, California, in January. Photo / Getty Images

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth with Rocket Lab founder Sir Peter Beck at the Kiwi-American firm's headquarters in Long Beach, California, in January. Photo / Getty Images

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth with Rocket Lab founder Sir Peter Beck at the Kiwi-American firm's headquarters in Long Beach, California, in January. Photo / Getty Images
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