Space company Rocket Lab conducted a partially successful rocket recovery on Monday, bringing it one step closer to developing a reusable launch vehicle. Launched from the Māhia Peninsula on New ...

The first time that Rocket Lab tried to catch a rocket with a helicopter, the results were almost successful. The company, which is striving to create a reusable rocket booster program, technically ...

UPDATE: Rocket Lab has postponed the mission several times due to poor weather conditions. It is now looking to launch (and catch) on Monday, May 2 (Tuesday, New Zealand time). More details below. The ...

Fresh on the heels of Rocket Lab’s third successful booster recovery, CEO Peter Beck said the next step will be attempting to catch the booster mid-air using a helicopter, likely within the first half ...

Rocket Lab has taken an important step forward in its efforts to recover its boosters for re-flight, today capturing its Electron first stage with a helicopter as it hurtled back toward Earth. The ...

In a disappointing turn of events, Rocket Lab is reconsidering its daredevil method of trying to catch and recover its Electron boosters mid-air using a helicopter. During an earnings call on Tuesday, ...

In May 2022, California-based space upstart Rocket Lab wowed the world by catching a rocket's first stage booster mid-air using a helicopter. It was a huge step toward achieving the holy grail of ...

Recovering rockets for re-use is becoming a key consideration for those in the private spaceflight game, with the likes of SpaceX and Blue Origin leading the charge. Rocket Lab is looking to join the ...

Rocket Lab is gearing up for a second attempt to catch a rocket booster mid-air using a helicopter, a technique the company is hoping to perfect after a partially successful recovery earlier this year ...