William Anders, NASA astronaut who captured the famous photo of Earth from the Moon, has died at the age of 90.. The former crew member crashed the small plane he was piloting into a lake in Seattle. He was part of the team aboard Apollo 8 in 1968. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration fired him on social media.
In the last few hours the latest video of William Anders while he was performing some maneuvers with his small plane in Seattle, where you can see how it ended up crashing over a body of water on the coast of Jones Island.
His son, Gregory Anders confirmed the news on CNN: “My father died in an air incident in the San Juan Islands”. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson also posted a message on his X account to fire Anders. “In 1968, during Apollo 8, Bill Anders offered humanity one of the most profound gifts an astronaut can give.”
He also added “He traveled to the threshold of the Moon and helped us all see something else: ourselves. He embodied the lessons and purpose of exploration. We will miss him.” On December 24, 1968, Anders, along with astronauts Frank Borman and Jim Lovell, were the first men to orbit the Moon. It was at that time that he took one of the most famous photographs in history, the view of the Earth from its satellite.
