Rocket Lab, a start-up building small orbital rockets, kicked off another successful mission on Friday — but it failed in its efforts to recapture its rocket booster as it tumbled down toward Earth.

Rocket Lab this week made an ostentatious attempt to catch a rocket as it fell from space using a hook-wielding helicopter that snagged the rocket mid-air only for the pilots to intentionally drop it ...

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There are essentially three parameters preventing the proliferation of space travel outside of the purview of trained astronauts and a handful of ultra-wealthy space tourists. Of course, those would ...

Private aerospace company Rocket Lab just pulled off a mid-air capture of a rocket booster as it plunged its way back through Earth’s atmosphere, hooking it with a long rope attached to a helicopter.

Rocket Lab's next mission will be different. A helicopter will attempt to capture the first stage of the Electron as it returns to Earth from space as part of the company's effort to make it a ...

Small rocket builder Rocket Lab USA Inc is gearing up for a mission that seems more appropriate for a big-budget action movie: catching a falling four-story-tall rocket booster with a helicopter.