RIP Bill Anders
Sad news: Bill Anders, Apollo VIII astronaut and the man who took the famous "Earthrise" photo, perished yesterday in a plane crash. He was flying a vintage Beechcraft T-34 Mentor off the coast of Washington State when it went down.
Although he never set foot on the lunar surface, his image of Earth with the Moon in the foreground has become one of the iconic images of the Apollo era.
Although he never set foot on the lunar surface, his image of Earth with the Moon in the foreground has become one of the iconic images of the Apollo era.