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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. He was 90. His son, retired Air Force Lt. Col. Greg Anders, confirmed the death to The Associated Press.
Retired astronaut William Anders, one of the first three humans to orbit the moon, who captured the Earthrise photo during NASA's Apollo 8 mission, died on Friday when the small plane he was... -June 07, 2024 at 09:49 pm EDT - MarketScreener
Retired astronaut William Anders, who was a member of the Apollo 8 crew, has been identified as the pilot inside the plane that crashed in the waters off the San Juan Islands on Friday afternoon.
His photo is credited with sparking the global environmental movement for showing how delicate and isolated Earth appeared from space