Bill Anders, who as an Apollo 8 astronaut was one of the first people to fly to the moon in 1968, was killed on Friday (June 7) when the vintage plane he was piloting crashed off the coast of the San Juan Islands in northwest Washington. Stands. Anders, 90, was confirmed by his son as … Read more
Bill Anders, the Apollo 8 astronaut who was one of the first humans to orbit the moon and who took the iconic first photo of the Earth rising above the moon’s surface, died Friday when a plane he was piloting crashed near the San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington State. He was 90. … Read more
The recent death of Frank Borman, commander of NASA’s Apollo 8 mission in 1968, has focused attention on that incredible first trip to the moon. It took place eight months before Apollo 11, where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first explored the moon’s surface. However, the impact of Apollo 8’s ‘Earthrise’ photo – the view … Read more