In awesome mission ‘Catch Me If You Can’, helicopter to capture electron rocket mid-air
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Aerospace company Rocket Lab will attempt to catch an electron rocket mid-air using just a helicopter in a daring mission called ‘Catch me if you can’.
The year 2022 has been the year of milestones in space tech. First, the NASA James Webb Space Telescope became operational and began sending us images of the universe from unimaginable distances. Scientists have been able to glimpse at the farthest galaxy, oldest star cluster and more. Then, in August, NASA sent a spacecraft to crash into the asteroid Dimorphos to test its planetary defense capabilities. This also became the first time in history when a man made object moved a celestial body. And now, US aerospace company Rocket Lab is set to make a milestone of its own by catching an electron rocket mid-air with a helicopter. I...