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.

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

In June 2024 The Economist remembered Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, the mission’s lunar module pilot. Anders also took ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...