Retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. William Anders, 90, the Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo on Christmas Eve in 1968 showing the earth as a shadowed blue marble from ...

From the archives: Bill Anders, Apollo 8 and the "Earthrise" photo ("Sunday Morning") It's ... said about L.A. Lakers legend Jerry West – so iconic a player that his silhouette became the ...

Former astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, has died in Washington plane crash Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, renowned for the 'Earthrise' photo, passed away in a plane crash.

Finally, in December 1968, astronaut William Anders, who died in a plane crash in June at age 90, circled the moon in Apollo 8 and took the iconic photo known as “Earthrise.” He wrote later ...

Anders circled the moon 10 times, delivering the iconic Christmas Eve broadcast featuring the Genesis reading. During the mission, he captured the famous “Earthrise” photo, hailed as a ...

The mission was also famous for the iconic “Earthrise” image, snapped by Anders, which would give ... for the crew when they made that iconic photo, thanks to a 2013 NASA visualization that ...

The mission made history by capturing iconic photos of the Earth and the moon from the spacecraft and sending them back home for the world to see. The mission also set the stage for Apollo 11 ...

Former Apollo 8 astronaut Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders – known for taking the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet from space in 1968 – was identified as the pilot and lone ...

Singer-songwriter Eric Carmen, creator of the iconic songs All By Myself ... Astronaut William Anders, who snapped the Earthrise photo while in orbit, died on June 7, aged 90.

Apollo 8 was the first mission where humans orbited the moon and returned home, marking a huge step forward in human and ...