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Rocket Lab Pauses Launch Prep for NASA, NRO-Packed Missions Due to COVID-19

By Vivienne Machi

Wednesday, March 25th, 2020

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Rocket Lab Pauses Launch Prep for NASA, NRO-Packed Missions Due to COVID-19

NASA has certified Rocket Lab's Electron rocket. (Photo: Rocket Lab)

Rocket Lab has temporarily ceased preparations for its upcoming launch previously scheduled for the end of this month to protect its team from the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the company said March 25. The rapid-launch company, which hosts sites in New Zealand and in the United States, announced March 9 that its next mission – dubbed “Don’t Stop Me Now” – would include payloads for NASA, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the University of New South Wales Canberra Space on…

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