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19 hours ago · Retired astronaut William Anders, who was one of the first three humans to orbit the moon, died on Friday in the crash of a small airplane in Washington state at the age of 90. He is known for capturing the famed "Earthrise" photo during NASA's Apollo 8 mission in 1968.
7 hours ago · NASA astronaut Bill Anders, who took famous photo of Earth during Apollo, dies at 90. By Russell Lewis. Published June 8, 2024 at 8:00 AM EDT. Listen • 3:40. One of the first astronauts to go to the moon has died. Bill Anders was on Apollo 8 when it entered lunar orbit in 1968. He also took the 'earthrise' photo, one of the most famous space ...
19 hours ago · A keen pilot, he was alone flying a small aircraft yesterday when it crashed in waters near the San Juan Islands, Washington state. Anders married Valerie Hoard in 1955, and they had four sons and ...
19 hours ago · Project Gemini ( IPA: / ˈdʒɛmɪni /) was the second United States human spaceflight program to fly. Conducted after the first American crewed space program, Project Mercury, while the Apollo program was still in early development, Gemini was conceived in 1961 and concluded in 1966. The Gemini spacecraft carried a two-astronaut crew.
19 hours ago · tomjones .com. Sir Thomas Jones Woodward OBE [1] [2] [3] (born 7 June 1940) is a Welsh singer. His career began with a string of top 10 hits in the 1960s and he has since toured regularly, with appearances in Las Vegas from 1967 to 2011. His voice has been described by AllMusic as a "full-throated, robust baritone ".
4 hours ago · The moment the world feared would never happen: Freed Hamas hostage Noa, 26, embraces her father after eight months of hell before enjoying a Coca Cola and call from Netanyahu… but now all she ...
19 hours ago · Retired Major General William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed when the plane he was piloting plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state. He was 90.
