rocket

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SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk said Friday the next launch attempt for the roughly 400-foot rocket would occur sometime in early to mid-May.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

In her school exercise book Marylyn Minett had been writing about the big events of the 1960s: a rocket launch, a volcano erupting and a shopping trip to Merthyr Tydfil with her auntie Pam.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

SpaceX handles over half of all global orbital launches, having launched its Falcon 9 rocket over 640 times since 2011.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Suppliers like Sphere have growth rates that “in theory should be faster, and are faster, than the launch companies,” Khodjamirian told MarketWatch, adding that their “risk levels are lower” than rocket makers.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Realisation came like a rocket, swift and fiery.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya