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SpaceX may shine when it comes to reusable rocket plans, but the launch services provider Rocket Lab is the first to catch one of its boosters with a helicopter.

A SpaceX booster rocket that was launched from Florida back in 2015 is racing through space uncontrolled. And it's heading for the moon. It was launched to deliver NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory to it's destination almost 7 years ago. But it's been flying around ever since.

The U.S. tests come amid reports that China has been testing hypersonic weapons.

Pandemic may be behind it but politifact points out that its infection rates are still higher than most states. >> bret: jonathan serrie in atlanta. the pentagons hypersonic weapons programs suffered a setback after a booster rocket failed to lift off, thats according to reuters. the test was intended to validate aspects of one of the hypersonic vehicles in development. senior pentagon officials say a separate series of tests wednesday was successful on navy and army hypersonic weapon component ...

>> two, one. >> reporter: against a cloudless sky, swagger and confidence on full display today as jeff bezos blue origin carried a beloved pop icon within minutes 90-year-old william shatner became the oldest person ever to go to space, weightless for nearly four minutes with his three fellow passengers, blue origins audrey powers and chris boshuizen and glen de vries, who each paid an estimated $250,000 to fly >> this is nuts! >> no description could beat this. >> reporter: it was a quick trip...

T. kirk, william shatner became the oldest person to ever go to space, weightless for nearly four minutes with his three fellow passengers, who each paid an estimated $250,000 to fly. >> this is nuts. >> no description. >> reporter: it was a quick trip. soon the booster rocket was landing back on the pad while the team parachuted to a soft landing. >> and capsule touchdown. >> reporter: one of the world east richest men opening the hatch. jeff bezos grew up a star track/captain kirk fan and invi...

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As governor? this state is going to take off like a booster rocket, let me tell you that, folks! >> we are facing a lot of headwinds from washington. as you know, the president is unpopular today, unfortunately, here in virginia, so we have got to plow through. >> what changed? >> listen, you know im a very straight shooter, im very authentic. i call them as i see them and i think thats why people like working with me. im very straight. weve got frustration with washington. why havent we passed ...

Difficult that is, they first did this a decade ago, and no one has done it. since they are still the only company that does. i think we are actually watching it now >> you, -- we take space x is propriety feet here, im i looking down the barrel of that booster rocket -- which is no longer in view? >> i think it may have just touchdown, well get confirmation on that but i think that if the rockets one off it may be down. we will get confirmation on, that were watching this together. the one of t...

They can reuse them. that thing is coming back and is going to land on a -- you said a drone ship. what is that? >> its an automated ship thats floating off the coast of florida somewhere in the atlantic. it is not controlled on site. the ship is controlled somewhere from, again, california, hawthorne, california is where spacex bases its operations. that was the game changer. in your intro what makes this different is that its spacex. they can reland these rockets saving tens of millions of dol...