- present tense form of rocket (3rd person singular).
rockets
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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
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
Since Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002, it has come to dominate markets for launching rockets and providing satellite internet to customers around the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
I could just imagine him high on a gantry, lying on his back like Michelangelo, working with a wrench on the fuel lines of one of his rockets.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
