Rocket Lab test successfully hooks booster in midair before having to drop it into South Pacific
A space company has briefly managed to catch a falling rocket using a helicopter and a hook in a test described by its chief executive as “something of a supersonic ballet”.
The test was part of Rocket Lab’s attempts to find relatively low-cost ways of recovering rockets for multiple missions to space.
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Rocket Lab test successfully hooks booster in midair before having to drop it into South Pacific
A space company has briefly managed to catch a falling rocket using a helicopter and a hook in a test described by its chief executive as “something of a supersonic ballet”.
The test was part of Rocket Lab’s attempts to find relatively low-cost ways of recovering rockets for multiple missions to space. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian