The only passenger was a life-size test dummy, named Ripley after the lead character in the “Alien” movies. SpaceX needs to nail the debut of its crew Dragon capsule before putting people on board later this year.

In this week's episode of the Dark Poutine podcast, we continue to look at Spaceman: the disappearance of Granger Taylor.

The space lab, which is hurtling toward Earth and is expected to re-enter the atmosphere within the next day, was launched by China's National Space Administration in 2011.