Words From an Upside-Down World color-black-and-white "There will be abundant shade

"There will be abundant shade trees and a long line of benches overlooking the water

with gritty replaced by glossy

I think it still remains something that is of interest and intrigue

” a special newspaper section commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing in 1969

The Times sent a reporter and photographer to follow an out-of-town couple on their first visit to New York

Words From an Upside-Down World color-black-and-white "There will be abundant shadeArtist Mike McQuade combines NASA photos and graphics to illustrate Words From an Upside Down World, an article about the moon published in The Times on July 14, 2019. In the article, Ken Liu writes that the Apollo program gave the world a chance to foster good will and see the Earth as never before, but the mission was entangled in a vast web of power politics on the ground. This image is part of our collection of editorial illustrations available as