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 ...
“Earthrise,” taken by the Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders while in lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, 1968, at a distance of 240,000 miles from Earth.Credit...NASA Supported by By Marc Aronson ...
Former Apollo 8 astronaut William "Bill" Anders ... Tributes poured in for Anders after news of his death made headlines. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, NASA administrator and former Sen.
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 ...