William Anders was part of the historic Apollo 8 mission, which was the first human spaceflight to leave low-Earth orbit and travel to the moon and back.
Apollo 8 astronaut who took a portrait of the Earth while orbiting the Moon, William Anders, has died aged 90. That photograph reshaped how humans saw their planet.
Retired American astronaut William Anders, who was a member of the Apollo 8 crew, was killed in a plane crash just off the San Juan Islands on Friday afternoon.
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