Rocket Lab Takes Big Step Toward Reusable Booster

Irene Klotz November 20, 2020
Rocket Lab booster
Electron booster.
Credit: Peter Beck/Rocket Lab
CAPE CANAVERAL—A Rocket Lab Electron booster has lifted off from New Zealand, sending 30 small satellites on their way to orbit. It then turned around and parachuted into the Pacific Ocean for the first time, marking a key step in the company’s quest to develop a reusable fleet of rockets. Electron...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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