Spacecraft

Spacecraft Sent on NASA Rescue Mission Now Needs Rescuing

The Link spacecraft was sent to push a NASA observatory into a higher orbit.

Janna Brancolini

SpaceX rocket, Super Heavy, returns to its launch pad after lifting off.

WATCH: SpaceX Successfully Launches and Catches Rocket

Sunday’s launch was Starship’s fifth test flight, 18 months after the rocket’s inaugural flight—during which the vehicle exploded shortly after launch.

Lily Mae Lazarus

SUSTAINABLE SPACECRAFT

Japan to Send World’s First Wooden Satellite into Orbit

Bringing eco-friendly tech to the final frontier.

Amanda Yen

GETTING SOME AIR

Lunar Astronauts Could Turn Moon Soil Into Breathable Air

Not your average moon rocks.

Miriam Fauzia

MOON GOODIES

China Spacecraft Returns to Earth With Samples From the Moon

China picked up more than four pounds of moon samples on the country’s most recent trip; what those samples contain remains to be seen.

Ana Lucia Murillo

DID NAZI IT COMING

The Kentucky Miner Who Scammed Americans by Posing as Hitler

From 1946-1956, many Americans mailed money to a man alleging he was a still-alive Hitler, plotting a revolution with “invisible spaceships.” He signed his letters “Furrier No. 1.”

Tarpley Hitt