Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders dies at 90

Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders has died at 90 years old, NASA administrator Bill Nelson said on Friday.

PHOTO: Astronaut William Anders, of NASA's Apollo 8 mission, during a panel interview held at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois, April 5, 2018.
Astronaut William Anders, of NASA's Apollo 8 mission, during a panel interview held at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois, April 5, 2018.
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Anders took the iconic Earthrise photograph, showing the moon’s surface and Earth in lunar orbit, on Christmas Eve in 1968 during the Apollo 8 mission.

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