rocket

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The SpaceX team celebrated after the launch of the most powerful and tallest rocket ever, and while the mission achieved most of its major objectives, it did not go exactly to plan.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

The company shot off the roughly 400-foot-tall rocket from a new launchpad at its Starbase facility in southern Texas just after 6:30 p.m.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

SpaceX's Starship spacecraft splashed down into the Indian ocean Friday after the company performed a test flight of the latest version of the enormous rocket.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Gavin Baker first bet on Elon Musk’s rocket maker in 2015, as a star stock picker at Fidelity Investments.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

It could be a spaceship ’cause of how it looks, or a rocket as fast as it flies.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas