rocket

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That deficit was the result of SpaceX’s spending on its huge, fully reusable Starship rocket, which set the company back some $15 billion over time.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Some have held on to stakes that were valued at less than $2 a share when they were granted, and the company hadn’t yet landed a rocket.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

His comments follow an explosion that destroyed a New Glenn rocket on a launchpad at Cape Canaveral, Fla., in late May.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Musselman joined SpaceX in 2022 as an engineering officer on a vessel that retrieved rocket parts that fell into the ocean off the Florida coast.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

We needed to know where and when the rocket had to be launched in order to put it on the right trajectory.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson