The crew tested systems on the NASA Orion capsule above the Earth for a day before the vehicle fired its engines and shot away from the planet.
The launch of Artemis II captured the tenor of the times in a country that can still do big things but seems forever mired in big problems.
With Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, she was one of three prominent researchers of great apes who were sometimes called the “trimates.”
Efforts to study, prepare for and address climate change have taken a major hit. But a few programs are hanging on thanks to bipartisan support.