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William Alison Anders (17 October 1933 – 7 June 2024) was an American United States Air Force (USAF) major general, electrical engineer, nuclear engineer, NASA astronaut, and businessman. In December 1968, he was a member of the crew of Apollo 8, the first three people to leave low Earth orbit and travel to the Moon.
Jun 8, 2024 · Former NASA astronaut William Anders was killed in a plane crash on Friday off the coast of Jones Island in San Juan County, Washington state, according to his family. He was 90 years old.
Jun 8, 2024 · Retired major-general 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...
Jun 7, 2024 · 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...
Jun 21, 2024 · William A. Anders (born October 17, 1933, Hong Kong—died June 7, 2024, San Juan Islands, Washington) was a U.S. astronaut who participated in the Apollo 8 flight (December 21–27, 1968), during which the first crewed voyage around the Moon was made.
Jun 7, 2024 · William Anders, a NASA astronaut who was part of the Apollo 8 crew who became the first three people to circle the moon, has died in a plane crash.
Jun 10, 2024 · William A. Anders, the Apollo 8 astronaut who captured the iconic “Earthrise” photograph in December 1968, has died at the age of 90. The small, vintage plane he was piloting alone—a...
