EditorialA satellite image provided by NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University with an arrow pointing to a double crater, roughly 28 meters wide, on the surface of the moon that is the crash site of a forgotten rocket stage that struck the far side of the moon in March of 2022. (NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University via The New York Times)
EditorialA satellite image provided by NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University with an arrow pointing to a double crater, roughly 28 meters wide, on the surface of the moon that is the crash site of a forgotten rocket stage that struck the far side of the moon in March of 2022. (NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University via The New York Times)
EditorialIn a photo provided by Neil A. Armstrong/NASA, Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin stands on the surface of the moon on July 20, 1969. (Neil A. Armstrong/NASA via The New York Times)
EditorialIn an undated image from NASA/JPL, a global view of the surface of Venus made mostly from data captured by the Magellan spacecraft in 1991. (NASA/JPL via The New York Times)
EditorialAn image provided by NASA, a laser reflecting panel, also called a retroreflector, left by Apollo 14 astronauts on the moon in 1971. (NASA via The New York Times)
EditorialAlfred M. Worden, center, with his fellow astronauts Col. David R. Scott, left, and Lt. Col. James B. Irwin in the space capsule Endeavor during a test in Cape Canaveral, Fla., March 26, 1971. (NASA via The New York Times)