Rocket Lab Grabs Booster Falling From Space With a Helicopter - The New York Times

The company aims to join Elon Musk’s SpaceX in reusing rocket boosters, which can lower costs and increase the frequency of launching to orbit.

Rocket Lab gives most of its missions whimsical names. This one was called There and Back Again, a nod to the recovery of the booster as well as the subtitle of J.R.R. Tolkiens The Hobbit novel. The … [+1569 chars]

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