{"id":2263023,"date":"2024-06-08T16:55:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-08T20:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/apollo-mission-astronaut-behind-famous-earthrise-photo-killed-in-plane-crash\/"},"modified":"2024-06-08T16:55:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-08T20:55:45","slug":"apollo-mission-astronaut-behind-famous-earthrise-photo-killed-in-plane-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/apollo-mission-astronaut-behind-famous-earthrise-photo-killed-in-plane-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Apollo Astronaut Known for &#8216;Earthrise&#8217; Photo Dies in Plane Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fapollo-mission-astronaut-behind-famous-earthrise-photo-killed-in-plane-crash%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2263023&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch&#8221;> <i><span>Donate Today<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Thanks for being \u2063part \u200dof this great\u200d American community,<\/i><\/p>\n<p>David Kupelian <br \/>Deputy Managing Editor <br \/>The Western Journal<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>William Anders, the Apollo mission astronaut famous for taking the iconic &#8220;Earthrise&#8221; photo during the Apollo 8 \u2064mission, \u200cwas tragically killed in a plane crash at \u200bthe age of 90.\u200c He was remembered for his contributions to space exploration and his\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-smiths-movie-emancipation-leaves-georgia-over-voting-law-will-lose-15-million-in-tax-breaks\/\" title=\"Will Smith\u2019s Movie \u2018Emancipation\u2019 Leaves Georgia Over Voting Law, Will Lose  Million In Tax Breaks\">famous photograph<\/a> that \u200ccaptured the beauty and fragility of\u200b Earth from \u200can astronaut&#8217;s perspective. NASA Administrator\u2063 Bill Nelson paid tribute to Anders on social media, and the scene of the photo&#8217;s creation was recounted\u2062 in detail. Anders&#8217; death was mourned by those in the space \u2064community, and he will be remembered as a pioneer in space travel.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h2>Apollo Mission Astronaut Behind Famous &#8216;Earthrise&#8217; Photo Killed in Plane Crash<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 8, 2024 at 1:24pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Apollo astronaut William Anders, who took the iconic \u201cEarthrise\u201d photo as his Apollo 8 spacecraft orbited the moon in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was flying crashed. He was 90.<\/p>\n<p>The crash took place Friday morning near the \u00a0San Juan Islands in Washington state, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/plane-crash-san-juan-islands-washington-6d3800130ef4e67d761f96b328f7c263\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe family is devastated,\u201d retired Air Force Lt. Col. Greg Anders, the astronaut\u2019s son, said. \u201cHe was a great pilot and we will miss him terribly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NASA Administrator and former Sen. Bill Nelson <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenBillNelson\/status\/1799246936937300465\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> his tribute to Anders on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 1968, during Apollo 8, Bill Anders offered to humanity among the deepest of gifts an astronaut can give. He traveled to the threshold of the Moon and helped all of us see something else: ourselves. He embodied the lessons and the purpose of exploration. We will miss him,\u201d he posted.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In 1968, during Apollo 8, Bill Anders offered to humanity among the deepest of gifts an astronaut can give. He traveled to the threshold of the Moon and helped all of us see something else: ourselves. He embodied the lessons and the purpose of exploration. We will miss him. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wuCmfHpu3g\">pic.twitter.com\/wuCmfHpu3g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Nelson (@SenBillNelson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenBillNelson\/status\/1799246936937300465?\">June 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Anders recalled the moment he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/first-broke-bonds-earth-story-apollo-8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took the picture<\/a> during a 2018 interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the Earth came up over the lunar horizon, that\u2019s when it really impressed me as to how much more delicate the Earth was, and colorful,\u201d he said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/obituaries\/bill-anders-apollo-8-astronaut-took-earthrise-photo-dies-plane-crash-w-rcna156149\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should the United States invest heavily in space travel?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI must say, even today if I look up and see that little crescent moon, my hair kind of goes up on the back of my neck a little bit,\u201d Anders said then.<\/p>\n<p>In his obituary, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/07\/science\/william-a-anders-dead.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> recalled the Apollo 8 flight, which was orbiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-nasas-1st-flight-to-moon-apollo-8-marks-50th-anniversary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">moon<\/a> on Christmas Eve with Anders, Air Force Col. Frank Borman and Navy Capt. James Lovell aboard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh my God! Look at that picture over there. Here\u2019s the Earth coming up. Wow, that\u2019s pretty,\u201d Anders said, according to the recording of the flight<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey, don\u2019t take that, it\u2019s not scheduled,\u201d Borman said.<\/p>\n<p>Anders laughed off the comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou got a color film, Jim? Hand me that roll of color quick, would you?\u201d Anders said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh man, that\u2019s great,\u201d Lovell replied.<\/p>\n<p>The crew did a broadcast from space on the long-ago Christmas Eve and closed it by reading the opening words of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-real-divide-washington-goes-way-back-genesis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book of Genesis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 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Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44685\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44685\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44685\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44685\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44685\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-military-issues-dire-warning-about-chinas-rapid-military-nuclear-weapons-buildup\/\" title=\"U.S. Military Issues Dire Warning About China\u2019s Rapid Military, Nuclear Weapons Buildup\">military issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. <br \/> Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  New York City <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &#038; Defense Issues <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apollo astronaut William Anders, known for the iconic &#8220;Earthrise&#8221; photo from 1968, died at 90 in a plane crash on Friday. 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