SEATTLE – Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders ... Astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell accompanied Anders during what was the first crewed mission to reach the far side of the Moon and orbit Earth's ...

They were the pioneers of space exploration - the 24 Nasa astronauts who travelled to the Moon in the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s. Now, more than 50 years on, the race to put people back on ...

They were the pioneers of space exploration - the 24 Nasa astronauts who travelled to the Moon in the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s. Now, more than 50 years on, the race to put people ...

WASHINGTON - Retired astronaut William Anders, who was one of the first three people to orbit the Moon, capturing the famed “Earthrise” photo during the US National Aeronautics and Space ...

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The moon landing was on July 20, 1969. The Apollo 11 mission took off from the Kennedy Space Center on the morning of July 16. Armstrong, Aldrin and Michael Collins, the command module pilot ...

China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe departed from the far side of the moon on Tuesday, moving a step closer to completing an ...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson wrote on social media Friday night that Anders "traveled to the threshold of the Moon" in the Apollo 8 mission "and helped all of us see something else: ourselves.

Anders' famous "Earthrise" photo was taken on Christmas Eve in 1968 during the Apollo 8 mission. Earthrise - Apollo 8, December 24, 1968. This view of the rising Earth greeted the Apollo 8 ...

The Apollo 8 mission was launched 55 years ago on Dec. 21, 1968, to circle the moon and return to Earth in preparation for the Apollo 11 lunar landing the following year. Anders was lunar module ...

His body was later recovered by a dive team, The Seattle Times reported, quoting a Coast Guard spokesperson. A member of the Apollo 8 mission in December 1968, Anders became one of the first humans to ...