With a spacecraft the size of a refrigerator plowing into an asteroid to a hook-wielding helicopter trying to catch a rocket plummeting back to Earth, 2022 brought plenty of surreal moments in space.
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. From a spacecraft the size of a refrigerator plowing into an asteroid to a helicopter trying to catch a rocket plummeting back to Earth, 2022 offered surreal moments in space that could have been ripped from the pages of a science fiction movie script.
In 2022, the company made two attempts to deploy a helicopter with a hook attachment. The wild spectacle is all part of Rocket Lab’s plans to save money by recovering and reusing rocket parts after they vault satellites to space. The first attempt in May appeared to go as planned when the helicopter snagged a booster. But the pilots made the decision to drop the rocket part due to safety concerns.
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