This week on More To The Story: a privately built German rocket reaches orbit from the Arctic, archaeologists find garden soil under the traditional tomb of Jesus that matches John’s Gospel, a cargo plane goes off a Miami runway, Nepal observes a national day of mourning after catastrophic floods, and endangered red wolf pups from a zoo are thriving in a wild pack — five stories with more beneath the headlines, and a clear line back to Jesus.

Stories this week

1. A Rocket From the Arctic — Psalm 8:3-4 (CSB)
2. 2. A Garden Under the Tomb — John 19:41-42 (CSB)
3. 3. A Plane Off the Runway — James 4:14 (CSB)
4. 4. A Day of Mourning in Nepal — Psalm 34:18 (CSB)
5. 5. Red Wolf Pups in the Wild

Sources

Rocket (Isar Aerospace / Spectrum)

1. Ars Technica, Stephen Clark, Sep 6, 2026 — German commercial orbital rocket from Andøya.
2. 2. DLR, Sep 5–6, 2026 — First orbital flight of Spectrum from Germany/Andøya.
3. 3. ESA, Sep 5, 2026 — Isar Aerospace reaches orbit from continental Europe.

Garden under the Holy Sepulchre

4. INFOVATICANA, Sep 1, 2026 — Findings under the Holy Sepulchre match John’s landscape.

5. Fox News, 2026 — Excavation evidence and John 19 garden detail.

6. Stasolla et al., Liber Annuus / Sapienza — 2025 Holy Sepulchre preliminary report.

Miami runway

7. Al Jazeera, Sep 6, 2026 — Amazon cargo plane overrun at Miami International.

8. AP / Boston 25, Sep 2026 — NTSB probe; five dead after Boeing 767 overrun.

Nepal mourning

9. BBC News, Sep 7, 2026 — Nepal national day of mourning after flash floods.

10. The Kathmandu Post, Sep 7, 2026 — Death toll 1,355; nearly 5,000 unaccounted for.

Red wolves

11. Saint Louis Zoo, Aug 31, 2026 — Zoo-born red wolf pups fostered into wild NC pack.

12. St. Louis Public Radio, Sep 1, 2026 — Trail cameras confirm pups thriving.

Scripture quotations are from the Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission.

CSB:

Psalm 8:3–4 (CSB)

John 19:41–42 (CSB)

James 4:14 (CSB)

Psalm 34:18 (CSB)