rocket
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“This rocket turning up is something very different.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Independent scientists said it appears a SpaceX rocket, about the size of a school bus, has crashed into the moon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
The rocket stage had previously launched in January 2025 as part of the Firefly Blue Ghost 1 mission.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
SpaceX shares fell 2.6% Wednesday to close at under $140, as the startup LandSpace landed the first stage of its Zhueque-3 rocket on a launchpad, a first for a Chinese company.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
His voice began to crack, but the rocket was lifting off now, and there was no turning back.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
The former reality TV star capped the evening with flyovers by military jets followed by a world record firework display featuring 850,000 rockets in 40 minutes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
The firm designs, manufactures, launches, and operates products and services built on cutting-edge technologies, including the rockets and spacecraft.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
Musk told analysts Tuesday that Starship would result in a dramatic increase from the 2,500 tons Falcon rockets deliver to orbit a year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The SpaceX earnings call with Elon Musk on Tuesday night was entertaining as always and featured some ambitious plans for rockets and robots, starships and satellites.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara asked about warheads—any sign of H-bombs to go with the rockets?
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
SpaceX rocketed higher after a record-breaking initial public offering, only to see $1 trillion in value evaporate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Its shares rocketed higher in 2020 and early 2021 as retail investors turned the company into one of the original meme stocks, but they’re off nearly 80% from their highest point of that era.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Although Perez’s livestream proceeded for around 15 minutes before it was shut down, screenshots and clips rocketed across the internet, invading countless social media feeds.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Samsung again took a hit following a rout Tuesday that came despite forecasting its operating profit had rocketed more than 1,800 percent in the second quarter on the back of strong AI chip demand.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
“Careful now,” old Mr. Calloway called when Magdalys slammed open the front doors and rocketed down the big, fancy staircase.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
Nothing will slow the object down, like the atmosphere would do here on Earth - and nothing will prevent the estimated million kilograms in debris from rocketing up into space.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Shares of Dell Technologies were rocketing higher Friday, following a stellar earnings report that echoed the strengthening opportunity for traditional computing in the artificial-intelligence buildout.
From MarketWatch ● May 29, 2026
AI startup Anthropic closed a funding round at a $965 billion valuation, rocketing past ChatGPT-maker OpenAI as the companies race ahead on expected public listings this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
On Thursday European and US stock markets had climbed, boosted by a continued tech-fuelled rally with Cisco Systems surging 13.4 percent and chip startup rocketing 68.2 percent on its Nasdaq debut.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
There was comedy in the way Milton, while still worrying about me, kept one eye on the rocketing taxi meter.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
