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.

In this image made from video supplied by Rocket Lab, a helicopter hovers above as it attempts to capture Electron's first stage in mid-air by helicopter above New Zealand, Tuesday, May 3, 2022.

Small satellite launcher Rocket Lab is following in the footsteps of rocket behemoth SpaceX with plans to make its rockets reusable. But Rocket Lab won’t be landing its vehicles in the same ...

Small satellite launch company Rocket Lab will attempt to catch one of its Electron rockets in mid-air after launch, using a helicopter to snag the vehicle while underneath a parachute.

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.

Beck set up Rocket Lab in 2006 as a small-satellite launcher for customers that have so far included NASA and DARPA, among others. To date, it has deployed 48 satellites via 10 launches, but it ...

In the span of just four years, reusable rockets have gone from never-been-done to almost routine, at least at SpaceX. Blue Origin was the first to land a rocket booster, in 2015, after a ...

Peter Beck, founder and CEO of Rocket Lab, doesn't drink coffee, keeps bits of old rockets on his desk, and tries to make it ...

The Southern California rocket company aims to recover and reuse the first stage of its Electron launch vehicle using a helicopter. The Business Journals Select a City ...

Using a helicopter to catch a falling rocket is such a complex task that Peter Beck likens it to a “supersonic ballet.”. Skip to main content. Open Main Menu Navigation. Open Search.

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 ...

The latest armored vehicle curiosity, in a war rife with them, is a Russian BTR wheeled fighting vehicle packing 32-round rocket pods that normally hang under the wings of an attack helicopter or ...