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  1. 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.

  2. Jun 8, 2024 · American astronaut William Anders, of NASA's Apollo 8 mission. Anders, who took an iconic picture of Earth from space, was killed in a plane crash in Washington state on Friday.

  3. Jun 8, 2024 · William Anders, an astronaut who was one of the first three people to orbit the moon, and who took the famous “Earthrise” photo, died Friday after a small plane he was in crashed in the water...

  4. Jun 8, 2024 · The astronaut who captured the famous first colour photo of the Earth from space has died in a plane crash in the US. William Anders, 90, was the only person aboard the small aircraft he was piloting when it plummeted off the coast of Jones Island, near Washington state, on Friday.

  5. 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.

  6. 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 Friday when the...

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  8. Jun 8, 2024 · Retired astronaut William Anders has died after the plane he was piloting crashed in Washington state, local media has reported. Anders was one of the first humans to orbit the Moon and he captured the "Earthrise" photo during NASA's Apollo 8 mission in 1968.

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