rocket

Example Sentences

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Electrospray thrusters are tiny rocket engines, roughly the size of a dime.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Some schools have a tenth or more of their endowments in Elon Musk’s rocket company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

AST’s launch scheduled for this month became critically important for the company after Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded during testing in Cape Canaveral.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

The timeline of the mission had been thrown into question after the New Glenn rocket developed by Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin exploded during a ground test late last month, damaging the launchpad infrastructure.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

I struggle to my feet and watch as the rocket grows smaller and smaller and finally winks out of sight in the stratosphere.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman