The words you are reading in this column are being published on March 3, 2026, exactly 50 years to the day since this column of mine first appeared in the pages of this newspaper.

WASHINGTON — The crew of the Artemis II mission made history yet again on Monday, when the four astronauts aboard the Orion looped around the moon at the farthest distance from Earth ever traveled by ...

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Tuesday: Increasing showers spreading from the south. Cooler. Lows in the 40s to low 50s. Highs in the upper 50s to near 60 degrees. Wednesday: Light steady rain early changing to off-and-on showers.

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Update: The forecast calls for a slight chance of showers late Monday but a likely clear sky at moonset early Tuesday.