North Korea has announced that Sunday's missile launch tested a new type of rocket capable of carrying a "large-scale heavy nuclear warhead." The test led to an international outcry and a call for harsher sanctions, according to Deutsche Welle.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket recovered at sea from its maiden flight last year blasted off again from Florida on Thursday in the first successful launch of a recycled orbital-class booster, then capped the feat with another return landing on an ocean platform, according to Reuters.