rocket
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The US space agency reached the conclusion after independent astronomers, using public data, noted that a portion of the rocket from a January 2025 launch was on an accidental collision course with the Moon.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Above all, Tuesday's results will show the extent of SpaceX's evolution from being primarily a rocket company to a conglomerate with AI at its core.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Transportation officials on Tuesday disclosed a plan that would allow the Federal Aviation Administration to waive requirements under environmental laws and regulations as it permits commercial rocket sites, launches and spacecraft reentries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
It stood outside a brick six-flat, also fittingly painted blue, and decorated with a few stickers: “Protect Native Plants,” a rocket ship from a regional space camp, several iridescent birds.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
Six months later the agency launched a different rocket to explore the space between Earth and Venus.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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The so-called "Seveso" sites include plants that manufacture hazardous materials for missiles and rockets.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
“These companies are directly involved in building out a planet that has depleted its resources,” and needs houses, factories, rockets and data centers in space, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Waiving such environmental protection requirements would allow approvals to be expedited "to launch rockets, reenter spacecraft, and operate launch and reentry sites," the FAA said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Commercial rockets will carry the two lander prototypes into space.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
With trig under our belt, all we would need to do was build some instruments to measure angles and we would be able to calculate how high our rockets flew.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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Boseman, who rocketed to fame in 2018's "Black Panther," died in 2020 at the age of 43 as a result of colon cancer.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
Platner, an oyster farmer and military veteran, rocketed to the top of the Democratic field with a message of plain-spoken populism.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Then, two batters later, reliever Kyle Hurt threw a four-seam fastball down the middle of the plate, and Machado rocketed the pitch to the center field wall beyond the grasp of a leaping Pages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Those hard groundouts have turned into home runs and doubles rocketed into the outfield gap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Then, barefoot, as the team looked on, she blasted a shot directly at the boy, who dove out of the way as the ball rocketed into the net.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
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Nothing will slow the object down, like the atmosphere would do here on Earth - and nothing will prevent the estimated million kilograms in debris from rocketing up into space.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
The AI company closed a funding round at a $965 billion valuation, rocketing past ChatGPT-maker OpenAI as the companies race towards expected public listings this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
See more: Space stocks are rocketing as SpaceX keeps making pre-IPO headlines with first Starship launch.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
On Thursday European and US stock markets had climbed, boosted by a continued tech-fuelled rally with Cisco Systems surging 13.4 percent and chip startup rocketing 68.2 percent on its Nasdaq debut.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
There was comedy in the way Milton, while still worrying about me, kept one eye on the rocketing taxi meter.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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