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Watch Rocket Lab catch a falling rocket with a helicopter

US company Rocket Lab achieved a historic first by catching a rocket falling back to Earth in mid-air using a helicopter, but the manoeuvre was only partially successful after the helicopter was forced to drop the rocket into the ocean below.

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