EditorialFILE PHOTO: Screen shows footages of spacecraft for Chang'e-5 Mission, during an event on China?s lunar exploration program, at the National Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Beijing
EditorialFILE PHOTO: Screen shows footages of spacecraft for Chang'e-5 Mission, during an event on China?s lunar exploration program, at the National Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Beijing
EditorialAn undated photo from NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio of the Shackleton Crater at the lunar south pole, one of many that are perpetually in shadow. (NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio via The New York Times)
EditorialAn undated photo from NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio of the Shackleton Crater at the lunar south pole, one of many that are perpetually in shadow. (NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio via The New York Times)
EditorialA composite image provided by NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University, from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera showing the landing site of the Chang'e-5 lander. (NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University via via The New York Times)
EditorialAn image provided by NASA shows a visualization, using data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, of the Shackleton crater at the moon’s south pole. (NASA Scientific Visualization Studio 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)
EditorialOctafoil Mirror with Lunar Palace, early 12th-mid 13th century. China, Jin dynasty (1115-1234). Bronze; diameter: 21.3 cm (8 3/8 in.); overall: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.); rim: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.).