An entry in Thursday’s column on the International Space Exploration Forum in Washington, D.C., should have stated that China was the third country to successfully land on the moon. We’ve corrected the original entry.
A new White House policy calls for the Pentagon to craft plans for additional space launch facilities to support a projected increase in launch demand that could see the U.S. supporting as many as 1,000 launches by 2030, more than a fivefold increase from 2025.