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William Anders was part of the historic Apollo 8 mission, which was the first human spaceflight to leave low-Earth orbit and travel to the moon and back.
(NEW YORK) -- Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, who took the iconic "Earthrise" photograph while in lunar orbit that showed the moon's surface and Earth, has died, NASA administrator Bill Nelson said Friday. He was 90.Anders was piloting a Beechcraft plane that plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state on
The new model offers several design nods to the successful 1968 NASA mission
Astronaut Jim Lovell recounts the first broadcast from lunar orbit: Apollo 8’s moving reading from Genesis made a lasting cultural impact.