When I delved deeper into the photo archives from Apollo 8, one added wrinkle awaited me: The iconic color image wasn’t the first Earthrise photo, as most people assumed.

Apollo 8 astronaut, who captured “Earthrise” photo, dies in plane crash Maj. William Anders, 90, was solo piloting a small aircraft when a fatal accident took place northwest of Seattle ...

A post shows Nixon speaking to Apollo 11 astronauts while they're on the moon with 'Earthrise', a photo taken during Apollo 8, on the wall behind him.

Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, who was responsible for the "Earthrise" photo during the 1968 mission, has died at the age of 90.

Photo by Chris Stone Astronaut William Anders, the 1951 Grossmont High School graduate who took what may be the most famous photo of Earth during the history-making Apollo 8 mission, has died at 90.

Astronaut Bill Anders, who orbited the moon aboard Apollo 8 in 1968, has died in a plane crash off the coast of Washington state. His photo 'Earthrise' captivated the world.

Retired astronaut William Anders, who was one of the first three humans to orbit the moon, capturing the famed "Earthrise" photo during NASA's Apollo 8 mission in 1968, died on Friday in the crash ...

It's the only home in the universe." Earthrise. On Christmas Eve of 1968, the Apollo 8 crew photographed Earth rising over the lunar surface as they orbited the Moon.

Anders, an astronaut who orbited the Moon during Apollo 8, died after the plane he was piloting crashed off Washington state.

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 ...