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His photo is credited with sparking the global environmental movement for showing how delicate and isolated Earth appeared from space
Former Apollo 8 astronaut also helped in making sure command and service module worked on space mission
The 90-year-old was alone in the aircraft that plunged into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state.
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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. He was 90. His son, retired Air Force Lt. Col. Greg Anders, confirmed the death to The Associated Press.