Apollo 8 Astronaut William Anders, Who Captured Earthrise Photo, Dies in Plane Crash at 90

William Anders, a NASA astronaut who captured an iconic image of Earth showing the moon's surface in the foreground during the Apollo 8 mission, has died in a plane crash at the age of 90.

Anders, who was on the mission that circled the moon for the first time, was 90 years old.

The Apollo 8 mission, which launched on December 21, 1968, was the first crewed mission to orbit the moon. Anders was one of three astronauts on the mission, along with Frank Borman and Jim Lovell.

On December 24, 1968, Anders took the famous "Earthrise" photo, which shows the Earth rising over the moon's horizon. The photo has become one of the most iconic images in space exploration history.

Anders died in a plane crash on July 26, 2023. He was flying a single-engine plane when it crashed in a remote area of Arizona.

Anders will be remembered as one of the pioneers of space exploration. His iconic "Earthrise" photo helped to change the way we see our place in the universe.