Anders, a member of the 1968 Apollo 8 mission. death in a plane crash, the plane carrying him crashed off the coast of Washington on Friday local time.
US astronaut William Anders was killed in a plane crash. He was 90 years old at the time of his death. He photographed the historic Earthrise from space 55 years ago.
The plane carrying him crashed off the coast of Washington on Friday local time. Anders was piloting the small plane himself and was the only one on the plane. His son informed this information.
A rescue team has already been dispatched to search. His body has not been recovered till now.
Anders was a member of the Apollo 8 mission in 1968. His companions on that lunar mission were Frank Borman and James Lavelle. They orbited the moon ten times but did not land on the moon. Then they successfully returned to earth.
Anders captured a picture of the bright blue Earth against the vast darkness of space. The surface of the Moon is visible in the foreground of Earthrise’s image.
An original version of his famous picture was sold at an auction in Copenhagen in 2022 for €11,800.
