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 ...

“Earthrise,” taken by the Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders while in ... as a member of the first crew to circle the moon, took the photo that gives the book its title and its framework ...

The colour photograph of Earthrise - taken by Apollo 8 astronaut, William A. Anders, December 24, 1968. Although the photograph is usually mounted with the moon below the earth, this is how Anders ...

The Apollo program is arguably the most famous achievement of the United States regime, but how much do you really know about ...

Taking photos of Earth from above isn't just about tracking ... Earthrise from the moon during Apollo 8. Credit: nasa Called the "overview effect" by some of those that have experienced it ...

“Bill Anders forever changed our perspective of our planet and ourselves with his famous Earthrise photo on Apollo 8,” he ...

The former Apollo 8 astronaut best known for taking the iconic ''Earthrise'' photo, who died last month while piloting a plane over the waters off Washington state, was doing a flyby near a friend ...