Mark Rocket

Mark Rocket
Rocket in 2025
Born
Mark Stevens
CitizenshipNew Zealand
OccupationsEntrepreneur, aerospace executive
Known forFounder of Kea Aerospace, seed investor in Rocket Lab
TitleCEO of Kea Aerospace

Mark Rocket (né Stevens)[1] is a New Zealand entrepreneur, aerospace executive, and the founder and CEO of Kea Aerospace. He was a seed investor and co-director of Rocket Lab from 2007 to 2011. Rocket became the first New Zealander to reach space through a suborbital flight with Blue Origin on the New Shepard NS-32 mission in 2025.

Career

Rocket founded two Internet companies in 1998 and sold one in 2006. He was a seed investor in Rocket Lab and served as a co-director from 2007 to 2011.[2] In 2018, he founded Kea Aerospace, a company developing solar-powered stratospheric aircraft, and serves as its CEO.[3] As of 2025, Rocket is the president of Aerospace New Zealand.[2]

Personal life

Rocket changed his surname from Stevens to Rocket in 2000.[4] That year, he set a personal goal to become the first New Zealander to reach space. In 2006, he purchased a ticket for a 2008 Virgin Galactic flight, which was intended to take him to space, but he sold the ticket after delays.[5] In 2025, Rocket secured a seat on Blue Origin's New Shepard NS-32 suborbital flight, which flew on 1 June 2025, making him the first New Zealander to reach space.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ^ Keall, Chris (30 September 2024). "Tech Insider: Mark Rocket on Kea Aerospace's pending $15m raise - and the contract that saw him leave Rocket Lab". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Christchurch entrepreneur to be launched into space". Otago Daily Times. 22 May 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Kea Aerospace completes solar-powered stratospheric flight". 1News. 12 February 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Christchurch aerospace entrepreneur set to become first Kiwi in space". The Press. 23 May 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025. Rocket — a surname he legally adopted in 2000
  5. ^ "'Rocket man' hopes to be first Kiwi in space". The New Zealand Herald. 22 May 2006. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  6. ^ "First Kiwi in space: Christchurch man to be on Blue Origin flight". 1News. 22 May 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  7. ^ "New Shepard NS-32 Mission". blueorigin.com. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  8. ^ "Blue Origin's New Shepard Completes 32nd Flight, Has Now Flown 64 People to Space". Blue Origin. 31 May 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.

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