Astronaut Bill Anders, who orbited the moon aboard Apollo 8 in 1968, has died in a plane crash off the coast of Washington state. His photo 'Earthrise' captivated the world.
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 Earth rising over 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. His son, Greg Anders, confirmed the death to the Associated Press. The plane, a Beechcraft T-34 Mentor, went into the water near Roche Harbor, Wash., about 11:40 a.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said.
' The International Astronomical Union commemorated the event in 2018 by naming one of the moon's craters Anders’ Earthrise. William A. Anders was born in 1933 in Hong Kong to a military family. His father was a U.S. Navy officer. Anders attended Grossmont High School in El Cajon in San Diego County. He went on to the Naval Academy, then was commissioned by the Air Force. He retired from the Air Force reserve as a major general.
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