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 ...

Seen on the television monitor is a picture of Earth which was telecast from the Apollo 8 spacecraft 176,000 miles away. NASA Like countless other children around the world, Jerry Firlan was ...

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 ...

Former Apollo 8 astronaut William "Bill" Anders has died ... captured the first color image of Earth from space on Dec. 24, 1968, during the mission. Titled "Earthrise," the iconic photo showed ...

Anders was part of the Apollo 8 mission, which orbitted the Moon before returning to Earth. The mission circled the Moon for 20 hours, the first time humans entered lunar orbit. “Earthrise” is ...

Read some insider stories from the Apollo 8 mission to the moon ... "The one nice thing about being on earth if someone gets sick, it lands on the floor. In 0-G [zero gravity], it floats ...

Bill Anders, lunar module pilot of Apollo 8, the first human spaceflight to leave Earth's orbit, said sending crews to Mars was "almost ridiculous". Nasa is currently planning new human missions ...

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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