rockets

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Navy set up an ammunition depot to produce rockets for World War II. The town sat near major rail lines, which allowed munitions to be transported to both coasts.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

To get there, AST SpaceMobile plans to launch its satellites on several rockets this year.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

In March, the High Representative for Gaza on the Board of Peace, Nickolay Mladenov, laid out a detailed plan for Palestinian armed groups to decommission their weapons, starting with rockets, explosives and assault rifles.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Electric propulsion systems are far more efficient than traditional chemical rockets, using up to 90% less propellant.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

It seemed to me, considering all the rockets that I read about blowing up down at Cape Canaveral, that was the way Wernher von Braun and the other rocket scientists did their work too.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam