rocket
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A Chinese rocket, the Long March 7A, failed and exploded on its 10 August launch in Wenchang, Hainan, China.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Rocket Lab also gave an update on Neutron, its long-awaited and delayed rocket, which it said was on target to be delivered to the launch pad in the fourth quarter of 2026.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
This past week, the rocket company’s shares plummeted almost 14% in one day, before soaring more than 20% from where they began by Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
With the right processing methods, those materials could be converted into rocket propellant in space.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
The boat shot along the surface of the river like a rocket from a bottle.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
The techniques vary: either seeding rockets are burned to release a plume of particles, or the saline solution is sprayed directly into the cloud for greater precision.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
AI and the company’s next-generation Starship rockets will be critical to that aim.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 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
This helped the British to bomb the research facility and delayed the use of the rockets, which first hit London in 1944.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
We decided to test two of our best mixtures inside devices we hoped resembled rockets.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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
International Business Machines stock dropped 25% on July 14, its worst day in the company’s century-old history; Apple shares fell a bracing 7.4% on July 31, the same day that Amazon.com rocketed 15%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 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
Platner, an oyster farmer and military veteran, rocketed to the top of the Democratic field with a message of plain-spoken populism.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Nok gripped the bench in the back of the speedboat as it rocketed across the water.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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
The waterway is a critical route for energy transit, sending oil prices rocketing.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
When the news sent crude-oil prices rocketing, he logged on to Hyperliquid and closed his position to lock in a massive 243% gain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
See more: Space stocks are rocketing as SpaceX keeps making pre-IPO headlines with first Starship launch.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
Anya nodded and stumbled back from the railing as tools flew off the walls, rocketing for Sigurd.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
