Across the universe

Annunciata Elwes

FOR the first time ever, the World Monuments Fund (WMF) has gone inter-planetary; the Moon is among 25 sites on its 2025 Watch list, a biennial round-up that identifies places facing major challenges, such as climate change, tourism, conflict and natural disaster. There are more than 90 locations on the lunar surface where spacecraft have made historic landings, with relics including humanity’s first footprints there, courtesy of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin in 1969, and part of Tranquility Base, Apollo 11’s landing site, together with more than 100 other artefacts. ‘Items such as the camera that captured the televised Moon landing; a memorial disk left by astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin; and hundreds of other objects are emblematic of this legacy. Yet, they face mounting risks amid accelerating lunar activities, undertaken without…

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Country Life (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 22, 2025

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