Rocket Lab moves its attempt to grab a launcher as it falls through the air from Thursday to Friday. A feat that might usher in a new age of more affordable and frequent light freight missions to space. Most rockets are one-and-done, burning off their fuel in minutes and crashing into the water like corpses after placing their cargo into orbit around the Earth. Many of the boosters that may be reconditioned and reused must first be pulled out of the water following a deliberate splashdown. Mashable said the company’s first effort at rescuing one of its Electron rockets – a 59-foot workhorse for launching tiny satellites into space – before it bangs into the waves is “There and Back Again.
