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With advancement of space tech, photographs clicked from space over the years illuminate distant worlds in stunning detail.
NASA Photo: The famous “Earthrise” photo taken by astronaut Bill Anders aboard Apollo 8 in 1968. June 8, 2024 (La Mesa) -- Astronaut William Anders, the 1951 Grossmont High School graduate who ...
Astronaut Frank Borman, who commanded Apollo 8's historic Christmas 1968 flight that circled the moon 10 times and paved the way for the lunar landing the next year, has died. He was 95.
This famous photo, known as "Earthrise," was taken by the crew of Apollo 8 as they orbited the moon in late December 1968. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration “ In our opinion: We honor 6 ...
The Apollo 8 mission was commanded by Frank Borman, who was in his second and last spaceflight. He was joined by James Lovell, the command module pilot and a veteran of two previous spaceflights.
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.
SEATTLE — 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 plane he ...
SEATTLE (AP) — 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 ...
Retired astronaut William Anders, famous for capturing the 'Earthrise' photo during NASA's Apollo 8 mission in 1968, has passed away at the age of 90 in a small airplane crash. Anders, a key figure in ...
Anders, an astronaut who orbited the Moon during Apollo 8, died after the plane he was piloting crashed off Washington state.
SEATTLE (AP) — 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 ...