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Former astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, has died in Washington plane crash
SEATTLE (AP) — 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 ...
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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Earth to Young Readers: Take a Look at Me From Space
Marcus “Earthrise” begins with a quotation from William Anders, who, as a member of the first crew to circle the moon, took the photo that gives the book its title and its framework ...
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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 ...