David James Von Drehle

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What humanity’s return to the moon entails

Artemis’s ultimate gift might be a heightened appreciation of lifeboat we already occupy

With Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon, using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before

How Queen Elizabeth embodied an endangered principle

She was not of the left or of the right but a supremely unifying, dignified icon

Queen Elizabeth II gives a broad smile to the crowd from her carriage as she leaves Westminster Abbey, London, after her Coronation in 1953.

Trump may get off the hook in impeachment drama

Impeachment is a weapon best left sheathed. But this is where America finds itself

Ambassador Bill Taylor, charge d'affaires at the US embassy in Ukraine; and George Kent, deputy assistant secretary of state for European Affairs, take their seats at the US House Intelligence Committee hearing as part of Trump impeachment inquiry

50 years on, Apollo 11 is still a miracle

Moon landing was a universal moment, a remarkable triumph of human spirit and science

July 21, 1969: Astronaut Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11 commander, sits inside the Lunar Module after completing extravehicular activity on the surface of the moon

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