William Anders, an Apollo astronaut who snapped the iconic 1968 “Earthrise” photo of the Earth while orbiting the moon, died ...

Former NASA astronaut William Anders was killed in a plane crash on Friday off the coast of Jones Island in San Juan County, Washington state, according to his family. He was 90 years old.

But now we were really space explorers venturing away from our home, the Earth." — Bill Anders, Apollo 8 astronaut One of the most famous photographs in history was taken by Bill Anders from ...

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 ...

A famous representation of this is this picture taken by astronaut Bill Anders on the Moon, gazing back at Earth no larger than the head of a pin. “Everything I had thought was wrong.

"Sir, it wasn't how you looked, it was how you smelled." — Navy Seal frogman to astronaut William Anders, explaining his reaction to opening the Apollo 8 capsule The Apollo 8 mission made ...

This is the first Earthrise viewing by a human from lunar orbit. NASA is an American agency known for its space exploration and aeronautics research. Among its many endeavors, NASA has also created a ...

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 ...