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William Anders captured the iconic Earthrise showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968 when he and fellow astronauts became the first to orbit the Moon.
His photo is credited with sparking the global environmental movement for showing how delicate and isolated Earth appeared from space
William Anders, who snapped one of the most iconic images of the space age, was killed when his small plane went down off the coast of Washington state.
His photo is credited with sparking the global environmental movement for showing how delicate and isolated Earth appeared from space
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 the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state.