Former Apollo 8 astronaut William "Bill" Anders has died after the plane he ... to circle the moon along with fellow astronauts Jim Lovell and mission commander Frank Borman.

From their orbital altitude of 69 statute miles, Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders were able to describe the surface of the moon in detail. "The back side [of the moon] looks like a ...

Jim Lovell, a Navy man ... The third member of their crew, William Anders, was as intense as Borman but with the love of exploration that Lovell had. "When I was a kid, I was an explorer scout.

November 11-15, 1966 - Serves as the commander of Gemini 12, with pilot Buzz Aldrin. December 21-27, 1968 - Along with crewmen Borman and William Anders, Lovell serves as command module pilot 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 ...

Apollo 8: Christmas on the Dark Side of the Moon Anna Foster remembers the Apollo 8 mission on its 50th anniversary, when Frank Borman, Bill Anders and Jim Lovell spent Christmas day further away ...

On Christmas Eve 1968, as Apollo 8 orbited the Moon, astronaut William "Bill ... In that instant, Anders and his fellow astronauts, Frank Borman and Jim Lovell, were not just explorers of the ...

December 21-27, 1968 – Along with crewmen Borman and William Anders, Lovell serves as command ... October 2010 – The Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center is established in ...