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On Monday, aerospace company Rocket Lab was partially successful in its mission to capture its Electron orbital launch vehicle mid-air using a helicopter.

Rocket Lab, which aims to launch satellites into space quickly and cheaply, said it just used a helicopter to catch part of a rocket in mid-air. But the rocket was dropped into the ocean shortly after, ending up having to be fished out of the water.

Falling booster caught off the coast of New Zealand as engineers behind mission test the future of low-cost space travel

Rocket Lab hopes to refurbish recovered boosters and use them again, something only SpaceX has done. Learn more at Boston.com.

It was 46 years ago tonight (May 3rd, 1976) that Paul McCartney kicked off his one-and-only North American tour with Wings, dubbed "Wings Over America," in Fort Worth, Texas. The tour, which featured the classic fourth lineup of Wings, marked McCartney's return to the U.S. concert stage for the first time since the Beatles' final tour during the summer of 1966. Since 1972, McCartney and Wings had recorded and toured extensively throughout the U.K., Europe, and Australia with ...

Rocket Lab has been preparing for the past few months for an incredible feat – and yesterday (May 2nd), it succeeded. The company completed its 26t...

RocketLab has successfully caught an electron rocket booster in mid-air using a helicopter, in a test of reusability.

Space company Rocket Lab slowed a used rocket with parachutes and caught it with a helicopter in a semi-successful recovery.

Using a helicopter to catch a falling rocket is such a complex task that Peter Beck likens it to a “supersonic ballet.”

Rocket Lab, a 25-year-old space company, intends to market a line of reusable rocket boosters that use the atmosphere to slow them down until a parachute is... 03.05.2022, Sputnik International