rocket

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Elon Musk's SpaceX has launched the biggest-ever Starship rocket a day after its highly anticipated test flight was delayed.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

The company shot off the roughly 400-foot-tall rocket from a new launchpad at its Starbase facility in southern Texas just after 6:30 p.m.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

It already handles more than half of the world’s orbital launches with its Falcon 9 rocket.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

The rocket is designed to loft Starlink satellites, deploy the futuristic AI satellite fleet the company wants to create, and underpins Chief Executive Elon Musk’s exploration dreams.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Even with my own private rocket ship, I could never fly fast enough to pull ahead of all the other stars at Chumley Prep.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein