Famed Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, 90, dies in horror crash when his plane nose-dives into waters
William Anders, an Apollo astronaut who snapped the iconic 1968 “Earthrise” photo of the Earth while orbiting the moon, died ...
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Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, who took ‘Earthrise’ photo, killed in plane crash
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 ...
The Only Photo of Neil Armstrong on the Moon and Other Famed Space Images Are Headed to Auction
The only photo of Neil Armstrong on the moon, taken by Buzz Aldrin, and other historic space photographs are headed to ...
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Former astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, has died in Washington plane crash
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 ...
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Earth to Young Readers: Take a Look at Me From Space
Marcus brings the wonder of a 1968 snapshot to a new generation. “Earthrise,” taken by the Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders while in lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, 1968, at a distance of ...
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Ex-astronaut who died in Washington plane crash was doing a flyby near a friend's home, NTSB says
The former Apollo 8 astronaut best known for taking the iconic ''Earthrise'' photo, who died last month while piloting a plane over the waters off Washington state, was doing a flyby near a friend ...
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Astronaut Families
What was it like to grow up in an astronaut's family? Read these questions and answers to find out. Apollo 8 lunar module pilot William Anders poses with his wife, Valerie, and children (clockwise ...
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Looking at the Moon from Apollo 8
The astronauts of Apollo 8 were the first men ... From their orbital altitude of 69 statute miles, Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders were able to describe the surface of the moon ...
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That Photograph
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 ...
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NASA’s most unusual astronaut has died
Astronauts landed the following summer ... His Apollo 8 crew, accompanied by James Lovell and William A. Anders, captured the legendary "Earthrise" photo while orbiting the moon on Christmas ...
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Seeing the world from space
the former NASA astronaut’s outlook on space travel mirrors fellow former astronaut William Anders, who shot the famous Earthrise photograph of our planet on the Apollo 8 mission. Anders once ...