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Here is how SpaceX could turn up in your current investments

NPR | By Stephan Bisaha,

Scott Simon

Published June 20, 2026 at 7:40 AM EDT

SpaceX stock hit the market last week. Here's how it could turn up in your retirement or investment portfolio.

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Stephan Bisaha

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Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.

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