Astronaut Dies in Plane Crash

Washington Post report:

William Anders, Apollo 8 astronaut who shot ‘Earthrise,’ dies in plane crash

Anders, part of the first crewed mission to orbit the moon, was 90. His photo of the Earth rising over the lunar surface is one of the most famous ever taken.

By Frances Vinall

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In a 2018 interview with the Guardian, Mr. Anders said the image changed him, too. “It really undercut my religious beliefs. The idea that things rotate around the pope and up there is a big supercomputer wondering whether Billy was a good boy yesterday? It doesn’t make any sense.”

 

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