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| Rocket Lab has successfully tested out a way to catch a rocket falling out of the sky using a pair of helicopters. The move was meant to demonstrate a key part of ... |
| Rocket Lab is looking to join the rocket recycling party by collecting the first stage of its Electron launch vehicle in midair using a helicopter, a method that it has ... |
| Last year, Rocket Lab announced that it would attempt to reuse the first stage of its Electron rocket. Rocket Lab pulled off this stunt in early March. One helicopter ... |
| Rocket Lab recently took a "major step forward" in its plan to reuse its rocket boosters. |
| As part of the demonstration, Rocket Lab dropped the test stage from a light helicopter over the ocean. The stage"s fall was slowed by a parachute. A second ... |
| Rocket Lab is in the process of developing a way to recover the rockets it launches, despite their originally being designed as fully expendable launch vehicles. |
| Rocket Lab said April 8 it successfully tested its ability to catch a falling Electron rocket stage in mid-air, a key step in its reusability work. |
| Rocket Lab, like SpaceX, is developing a reusable rocket system to cut the cost of launches. But their methods of booster recovery are remarkably different. |
| Rocket Lab has successfully completed a mid-air recovery test – a manoeuvre that involves snagging an Electron test stage from the sky with a helicopter. |
| Grounded rocket firm"s trial "a major step" towards catching rocket stages as they fall from space, says Peter Beck. |