Rocket Lab made a second attempt to catch the first stage of its Electron rocket with a helicopter, but failed again. The rocket was launched yesterday, and the mission with the self-explanatory name Catch Me If You Can was a success: the rocket launched the MATS satellite into orbit. But,...
Rocket Lab conditionally repeated SpaceX’s achievement last year by returning the first stage of its Electron rocket. Yesterday she did it again, but in a more interesting way. Last year, the booster was returned quite simply: it landed on a parachute. Of course, technologically this cannot be compared with the...