William Anders, an Apollo astronaut who snapped the iconic 1968 “Earthrise” photo of the Earth while orbiting the moon, died ...

Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, 90, a former astronaut who was part of the Apollo 8 mission to the moon in 1968, has been ...

Retired Maj. Gen. 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 colour photograph of Earthrise - taken by Apollo 8 astronaut, William A. Anders, December 24, 1968. Although the photograph is usually mounted with the moon below the earth, this is how Anders ...

The third cohort of astronauts ... for Apollo 8. During his time in lunar orbit, Lovell scouted future Apollo landing sites. The third member of their crew, William Anders, was as intense as ...

Apollo 8 Astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell and William Anders were whisked along a heroes’ route that took them to the White House, an appearance before Congress, a ticker-tape parade in ...

Navy Seal frogman to astronaut William Anders, explaining his reaction to opening the Apollo 8 capsule The Apollo 8 mission made history and its crew were rightfully honored as the bravest of ...

50 years ago this Christmas, three Nasa astronauts; Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders became the first people to orbit the Moon. At the time, the Apollo 8 mission was hailed as the greatest ...