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Apollo 8 astronaut who took famous photograph of Earth killed in plane crash
Maj. Gen. Bill Anders, 90, was a member of the Apollo 8 space mission, which was the first crew to reach the moon in 1968. He took one of the most famous photographs of the Earth rising over the ...
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Looking at the Moon from Apollo 8
The Earth from here is a grand oasis in the big ... The photographs and films that the crew of Apollo 8 took of the moon gave scientists valuable information and helped NASA plan future landing ...
We Asked a NASA Expert: How Long Does It Take to Get to the Moon… Mars… Jupiter? [Video]
Getting from Earth to space isn’t just about speed—it’s about planning the right trajectory. The Moon, our closest neighbor, ...
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Telecasts from Apollo 8
to help them remember Apollo 8 and humankind's first venture from the earth. And we all had various suggestions." Lovell: "Almost the whole world would be listening to us on Christmas Eve.
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That Photograph
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 ...
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NASA’s most unusual astronaut has died
It doesn't mean that much to me," Borman said. Yet his trip around the moon meant the world to the denizens of Earth. His Apollo 8 crew, accompanied by James Lovell and William A. Anders ...