The new Rocket Lab launchpad at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility.(Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post)Rocket Lab, one of the most successful space start-ups since SpaceX, launched its Electron rocket for the first time Tuesday evening from NASA's Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.The Electron rocket blasted off from a refurbished launchpad at about 6 p.m. and could be seen from the Washington metropolitan area.
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