Rocket Lab, a start-up building small orbital rockets, kicked off another successful mission on Friday — but it failed in its efforts to recapture its rocket booster as it tumbled down toward Earth.

There are essentially three parameters preventing the proliferation of space travel outside of the purview of trained astronauts and a handful of ultra-wealthy space tourists. Of course, those would ...

The company lost communication with the descending Electron booster and opted to pull its helicopter away from the recovery zone. Reading time 2 minutes Rocket Lab gave it a second go at its dangerous ...

Rocket Lab has successfully launched its 26th Electron mission, deploying 34 satellites to orbit. Rocket Lab has now deployed a total of 146 satellites to orbit with the Electron launch vehicle. The ...

The Electron booster, descending under a parachute (right), as seen from the helicopter as it attempted to grapple the parachute. The helicopter released the booster moments later, though. Credit: ...

The rockets are being used with specially adapted M261 rocket pods. Few months after the US government announced the supply of Hydra 70 mm rockets to Ukraine, we now have evidence of them being used ...

The latest armored vehicle curiosity, in a war rife with them, is a Russian BTR wheeled fighting vehicle packing 32-round rocket pods that normally hang under the wings of an attack helicopter or ...