Bill Anders, who as an Apollo 8 astronaut was one of the first people to fly to the moon in 1968, was killed on Friday (June 7) when the vintage plane he was piloting crashed off the coast of the San Juan Islands in northwest Washington State. Anders, 90, was confirmed to be the pilot […]
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William Anders, Apollo 8 astronaut who took famous ‘Earthrise’ photo, dies in plane crash at 90
Former astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, killed in Washington plane crash
SEATTLE (AP) — William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state. He was 90. His son, […]
Former astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, killed in Washington plane crash
SEATTLE (AP) — William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state. He was 90. His son, […]
Apollo 8 astronaut Anders, who took ‘Earthrise’ photo, reported dead in plane crash
By Steve Gorman and Peter Cooney (Reuters) – Retired astronaut William Anders, one of the first three humans to orbit the moon, who captured the “Earthrise” photo during NASA’s Apollo 8 mission, died on Friday when the small plane he was piloting crashed in Washington state, local media reported. Anders, 90, was the only person […]