Anders’s death. At the end of a Christmas Eve television broadcast by the Apollo 8 crew — watched by more than 500 million people around the world — the astronauts took turns reading the ...

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

Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, who snapped one of the most famous photographs taken in outer space, has died in a plane crash at the age of 90. Officials say a small aircraft he was flying ...

The third cohort of astronauts included Edwin "Buzz ... in developing that spacecraft led to the change in Apollo 8's mission. Anders' job shifted to photographer and geologic observer ...

Navy Seal frogman to astronaut William Anders, explaining his reaction to opening the Apollo 8 capsule The Apollo 8 mission made history and its crew were rightfully honored as the bravest of ...

Bill Anders, lunar module pilot of Apollo 8 ... but that's what I think," he explained. The Apollo 8 astronauts prepare for launch His former crewmate, Frank Borman, who commanded the Apollo ...

He was one of the three astronauts on Apollo 8 in December 1968, as he orbited around the moon 10 times to broadcast live images of the moon on earth. On July 20, 1969, Anders was the backup ...

In orbit, the astronauts aborted two spacewalks, both under unusual circumstances. Then, on October 25, one of the astronauts ...

On December 24, 1968 — exactly 54 years ago — Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders became the first humans to circle the moon. The mission was historic, but equally ...

More than 50 years after Apollo, astronauts will be returning to the Moon in style. Axiom Space, NASA’s commercial partner, unveiled the final look of its designer spacesuits built for exploring ...

a watch is visible on the astronaut's wrist NASA issued each of its Apollo crew members with an Omega Speedmaster Professional chronograph to be used in space. The "Speedys" were government ...