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Rocket Lab to send a spacecraft to Venus look for signs of life

Private space company Rocket Lab is planning to send the first private mission to Venus in search for signs of life. Here’s what we know. Not only Government space agencies, but private space companies are also determined to search for signs of life on other planets. Companies like Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin are making their own presence in the space race between government space agencies. Now, a private space company called Rocket Lab is getting ready to send its spacecraft to Venus next year to search for signs of life. In 2009, Rocket Lab became the first successful private company in the Southern Hemisphere to reach space. Last year, Rocket Lab helped deploy a pathfinding satellite for NASA. Now, t...