In the shadow of Cape Henry’s windswept dunes, where the Atlantic meets the Chesapeake Bay, a pivotal moment in America’s story unfolded on April 29, 1607. There, 104 English settlers, led by Rev.

John Noble Wilford, the distinguished science journalist for The New York Times who covered the first moon landing in 1969 and later won a Pulitzer Prize, has died. He was 92.