Why Rocket Lab (RKLB) Stock Is Up Today
Shares of aerospace and defense company Rocket Lab (NASDAQ:RKLB) jumped 1.8% in the afternoon session after the company confirmed its two NASA-backed spacecraft successfully launched and began their journey to Mars. The probes, developed for the ESCAPADE mission in collaboration with the University of California, Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory, lifted off from Cape Canaveral. Rocket…