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Former astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, killed in Washington plane crash

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, has been killed when the Former Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, known for his iconic photo of Earthrise, was killed in a plane crash off the San Juan Islands in Washington state. Anders was piloting alone when the plane he was flying into the water. His son, retired Air Force Lt. Col. Greg Anders, confirmed the death to The Associated Press.

Former astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, killed in Washington plane crash

公開済み : 3週間前 沿って GENE JOHNSON and AUDREY McAVOY - Associated PressScience General

SEATTLE (AP) — 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 Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state. He was 90.

His son, retired Air Force Lt. Col. Greg Anders, confirmed the death to The Associated Press.

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トピック: Space

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