Former NASA Astronaut William "Bill" Anders was flying the plane that crashed in the waters of the San Juan Islands on Friday, his son, Greg, confirmed with KING 5. Greg Anders confirmed to KING 5 ...

The astronauts of Apollo 8 were the first men to see the far side of the moon with their own eyes, without the aid of optical devices. From their orbital altitude of 69 statute miles, Frank Borman ...

Overall view of the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center, Building 30, on the third day of the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission. Seen on the television monitor is a picture of ...

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Former Apollo 8 astronaut William "Bill" Anders has died after the plane he was flying crashed in the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state Friday. He was 90. In a statement to CNN ...

"Sir, it wasn't how you looked, it was how you smelled." — Navy Seal frogman to astronaut William Anders, explaining his reaction to opening the Apollo 8 capsule The Apollo 8 mission made ...

One of the first men to orbit the Moon has told BBC Radio 5 Live that it's "stupid" to plan human missions to Mars. Bill Anders, lunar module pilot of Apollo 8, the first human spaceflight to ...

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The Apollo moon program resulted in a legacy of thousands of images - all of them of immense value as both scientific and documentary records. Yet 30 years after the event most of them speak only ...