The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Moon Landing

Plus: cyber weapons in modern warfare, and Manny Pacquiao’s fight against Keith Thurman. View in browser | Update your preferences The Talk of the Town Moon Hours On July 20, 1969, the world watched in anticipation as Apollo 11 approached the lunar surface. To mark the mission’s fiftieth anniversary, we’re revisiting The New Yorker’s original coverage of the event. By The New Yorker Annals of Technology How Cyber Weapons Are Changing Modern Warfare Unlike conventional weapons, cyber weapons lend themselves to plausible deniability. How do you levy a threat when it’s not clear where an attack is coming from or who is responsible? By Sue Halpern Our Columnists There Is Nothing Strategic About Trump’s Racism The primary effect of the President’s rant was to shine a spotlight on Trump himself, and to remind so many Americans why they disapprove of him. By John Cassidy PAID POST A Game of Thrones | Now available from The Folio Society The first in the series, this beautiful collector’s edition of A Game of Thrones is filled with striking illustrations by Jonathan Burton, a new introduction by Joe Abercrombie and a fully bound fold-out map of The Known World. Fifty Years Since the Moon Landing Daily Comment Between the Moon and Woodstock The two landmark events of the summer of 1969 might best be seen as one, since both the moon landing and Woodstock were, above all, displays of new technology. By Adam Gopnik News Desk Lyndon Johnson’s Unsung Role in Sending Americans to the Moon Behind the scenes, the Vice-President aggressively lobbied for space exploration to counter the Soviets and the Republicans. By Jeff Shesol Culture Desk Witnessing the Moon Landing in Ireland, at the Start of the Troubles In the turbulent first summer of the Troubles, Northern Ireland came together for a brief, informal ceasefire, for one night, when Apollo 11 landed on the moon. By Kevin Dettmar Page-Turner Goodnight Moon Landing How children’s books tell the story of Apollo 11. By Bruce Handy The New Yorker Radio Hour Watching the Moon Landing More than half a billion people watched astronauts walk on the moon. Why do so many people today believe the footage was fake? Plus, a visit to Atlanta with artist Fahamu Pecou. More in Culture The Sporting Scene Manny Pacquiao’s Fight Against Keith Thurman Might Be a Terrible Mistake At forty, Pacquiao has entered the part of his career during which fans can’t decide whether they want to see him retire or watch him fight—or both. By Kelefa Sanneh The Art World Harald Szeemann’s Revolutionary Curating A re-creation of the auteur’s most personal show, madly grand and deadpan daft, essentializes a strange glamour that has leaked from the art world into culture at large. By Peter Schjeldahl Humor and Puzzles Daily Shouts Archeologists Discover Long-Sought-After Racist Bone Requests to continue the search for racist bones were rejected by the current White House Administration, on the grounds that it had already checked and didn’t find anything. By Sarah Hutto Puzzles Dept. The Weekend Crossword America’s finger-pointing, mean-mugging uncle: three letters. By Erik Agard Sign up for more newsletters from The New Yorker. Visit The New Yorker shop. Question about your subscription? Contact Customer Care. New Yorker digital subscribers get unlimited access to everything on newyorker.com. Log in to your account here. We’d love your feedback on this newsletter. Please send your thoughts and suggestions to TNYinbox@newyorker.com. This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, NewYorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2019. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.