LOGAN, Utah — Rocket Lab blamed the failure of its first Electron rocket to reach orbit on a telemetry glitch in ground equipment that can be easily corrected, keeping the company on track to begin ...

Rocket Lab has postponed the launch of an Electron booster it hopes to snatch out of the sky with a helicopter after liftoff to no earlier than Monday (May 2) due to weather. Unfavorable weather ...

A helicopter uses a specially designed hook to snag the parachute attached to a replica of an Electron first stage, demonstrating a key step in Rocket Lab's plans to recover and reuse the stage.

The milestone occurred in early March over the open ocean near New Zealand. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Rocket Lab just took ...