launch
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Roman was initially projected to come in over budget, but a significant course correction helped the telescope launch on budget and ahead of schedule.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
About 30 minutes after launch, Roman separated from its SpaceX rocket and is now heading towards its orbiting point around a million miles away.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
On Thursday, sources with familiar with the company revealed to The Information that Anthropic plans to launch the bookrunning process after the Labor Day weekend.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now just two days from launch, marking the arrival of the agency's next flagship astrophysics mission after the James Webb Space Telescope.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
They bulldozed the launch pads, drove the missiles to ports, loaded them onto ships, and sailed for home.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
To be sure, these products still represent just a sliver of overall ETF assets, even if they’re among the hottest categories for new fund launches in the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 2026
Some new shoe launches also didn’t go as well as executives had hoped.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
“Not only were there fewer launches in the second quarter, but those launches performed below both industry and our expectations,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
SpaceX hit 100 launches in 2026 faster than it reached that mark in 2025.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
He launches into a lively description of Okeus, the vengeful god, who requires sacrifices of tobacco, copper, beads, and sometimes animal blood, and sends punishment if he is not made happy.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
Jon says the website, which launched in March, has the potential to save Welsh families more than £50m a year in total.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
One of his early successes at Thrive came in 2012 when Kushner launched a health insurer called Oscar that sold coverage directly to individuals in the marketplaces established by the Affordable Care Act.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Boes launched a whirlwind restaurant and marketing tour, including a spot with Lara Trump at a Steak ’n Shake earlier this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Last year, it launched Good Good Girls, which posts similar content starring several women who played collegiate golf.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
On May 27, German troops attacked the strategic Chemin des Dames ridge, where the French general Nivelle had launched his disastrous offensive the year before.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
“Apple Intelligence is now finally launching two years late with the features that we said it was going to launch with,” said Dailey, the former Apple executive briefing leader.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
Many generic drugmakers agreed to hold off launching in the U.S. until 2022, then sell only up to limited quantities, starting at a low single-digit percentage of the market and rising to 30% by 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
The Japanese giant helped popularise console discs in the 1990s after launching its first PlayStation.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
At USC, the Viterbi School of Engineering is launching its inaugural undergraduate artificial intelligence degree.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Ian backpedaled and waited before launching the ball downfield.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
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