A helicopter will try to catch a scorching-hot rocket booster in the air

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A rocket company will try to catch a booster as it plummets through the air, a feat that could usher in a new era of cheaper and more frequent light cargo flights into space.

Most rockets are one-and-done, burning up fuel within minutes and dropping like carcasses into the ocean after … A helicopter will try to catch a scorching-hot rocket booster in the air