The most famous photograph in the US space program may not be the one showing Neil Armstrong landing on the moon, but the image of the Earth seen rising above the moon’s horizon, transmitted from space by the crew on December 24, 1968. Apollo 8 – Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders. It was… Read More »
William Anders, who has died aged 90, was an American astronaut who flew on what was considered NASA’s most daring space mission; As a member of the Apollo 8 crew, he became one of the first three men to travel to the Moon; Here they lingered in orbit for a day, capturing mankind’s first close-up… Read More »
SEATTLE (AP) — Former Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, who took the iconic “Earthrise” photograph in 1968 that showed the planet as a shadowy blue marble from space, died Friday when the plane he was piloting alone crashed into offshore waters. San Juan Islands in Washington state. He was 90 years old. His son, retired… Read More »
SEATTLE (AP) — William AndersThe former Apollo 8 astronaut, who took the iconic “Earthrise” photograph in 1968, showing the planet as a shadowy blue marble from space, died Friday when the plane he was piloting alone crashed into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state. He was 90 years old. His son,… Read More »