rocket

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On May 28, a fiery mushroom cloud enveloped Cape Canaveral as New Glenn’s engine malfunctioned during a pre-flight test, blowing up the rocket, launch pad and other nearby infrastructure.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Electrospray thrusters are tiny rocket engines, roughly the size of a dime.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

“Most of the interest is emotional, which is the honest truth,” said Jeff Judge, a financial planner in Forest Hill, Md. “People want to own a piece of Elon Musk’s rocket company.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The timeline of the mission had been thrown into question after the New Glenn rocket developed by Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin exploded during a ground test late last month, damaging the launchpad infrastructure.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Flying always makes me nervous, and I can’t even imagine being on a rocket ship.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga