Rocket Lab

Rocket Lab | Mid-Air Recovery Demo
Rocket Lab is in the business of launching small satellites into orbit. Now they are trying to recover their booster using a helicopter. An empty booster doesn't weigh much, and with the right parachute it should fall slowly enough that a helicopter could catch it. You would have to be in the right area to even have a chance of catching it, and that might be a little difficult. This demo is still a good trick.

SpaceX had a boat that they were going to try and catch fairings with. I haven't heard anything about it lately. We shall see how Rocket Lab's experiment plays out.

Via The Silicon Greybeard