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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.
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Former Apollo 8 astronaut, retired Maj. Gen. William Anders died Friday in a plane crash near the San Juan Island in Washington.
His photo is credited with sparking the global environmental movement for showing how delicate and isolated Earth appeared from space
His son confirmed the former astronaut was in the plane that crashed near islands in Washington state.