A Member Of The First Crew To Orbit The Moon Anders Made History With His Iconic Earthrise Photograph

William Anders, Apollo 8 Astronaut Who Orbited the Moon, Dies at 94

A member of the first crew to orbit the moon, Anders made history with his iconic 'Earthrise' photograph.

William Anders, a NASA astronaut who was part of the 1968 Apollo 8 crew that was the first to orbit the moon, has died at the age of 94.

Anders, who was born in Hong Kong in 1933, was a United States Air Force major general and a nuclear engineer.

He was selected as an astronaut in 1963, and in 1968, he flew on the Apollo 8 mission, which was the first manned space mission to orbit the moon.

During the mission, Anders took the iconic "Earthrise" photograph, which shows the Earth rising over the moon's horizon.

The photograph is one of the most famous images in history, and it helped to inspire the environmental movement.

Anders retired from NASA in 1972 and went on to work as a consultant and author.

He wrote several books about his experiences in space, including "Zero Gravity" and "The View from Space."

Anders was a passionate advocate for space exploration, and he believed that humans were destined to explore the stars.

He said, "We are a species that is meant to explore, and we will never stop exploring until we have reached the stars."