Rocket Lab investigating what went wrong with 13th launch

Rocket Lab USA Inc. experienced some bad luck with the 13th launch of its Electron rocket, reporting an anomaly that resulted in the complete loss of the vehicle and its payload. Liftoff of the "Pics or It Didn't Happen" mission occurred around 2:20 p.m. Pacific time on Friday from Launch Complex 1 on the Māhia Peninsula in New Zealand. The live stream of the launch cut off around the six-minute mark, at which point keen viewers would have noticed that the vehicle's altitude started to drop. Rocket…