
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…