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Yesterday — 29 May 2026NYT | Top Stories

For Wall Street, the Only Thing Worse Than SpaceX Flopping Is Missing Out

Elon Musk and his bankers are working to create a self-fulfilling prophecy for the massive public offering: Make investors feel that the risks of passing it up outweigh those of buying into it.

© Meridith Kohut for The New York Times

SpaceX’s launch site near Boca Chica, Texas, in 2024. The company could go public as soon as next month.

Blue Origin Rocket Blows Up on Florida Launchpad During Test

29 May 2026 at 23:35
The rocket, built by the Jeff Bezos-owned space company, was to carry 48 satellites into space. Blue Origin reported on social media that “all personnel have been accounted for.”

© Malcolm Denemark/USA Today, via Imagn Images, via Reuters. Video by Nailah Morgan

The Blue Origin launchpad seen in flames from Cocoa Beach, Fla. on Thursday night.
Before yesterdayNYT | Top Stories

Where Time Is Always 15 Minutes Apart From Everywhere Else

In Nepal, a nation wedged between India and China, a unique time zone is just one expression of a singular national identity.

Ghanta Ghar, or the “Hour House,” during its renovation in Kathmandu. Nepal keeps its own time zone, 5 hours and 45 minutes ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.
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