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  1. William Alison Anders (17 October 1933 – 7 June 2024) was an American United States Air Force (USAF) major general, electrical engineer, nuclear engineer, NASA astronaut, and businessman. In December 1968, he was a member of the crew of Apollo 8, the first three people to leave low Earth orbit and travel to the Moon.

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  3. Jun 8, 2024 · Former NASA astronaut William Anders was killed in a plane crash on Friday off the coast of Jones Island in San Juan County, Washington state, according to his family. He was 90 years old.

  4. Jun 8, 2024 · Bill Anders, who as an Apollo 8 astronaut was one of the first people to fly to the moon in 1968, was killed on Friday (June 7) when the vintage plane he was piloting crashed off the coast...

  5. Jun 8, 2024 · Apollo astronaut Bill Anders, who captured one of the most famous images ever recorded in space, has died at age 90. His son, Greg Anders, told NPR his dad died Friday in a plane crash in...

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  6. Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, who snapped one of the most famous photographs taken in outer space, has died in a plane crash at the age of 90.

  7. Jun 8, 2024 · William Anders, an astronaut who was one of the first three people to orbit the moon, and who took the famous “Earthrise” photo, died Friday after a small plane he was in crashed in the water...

  8. Jun 10, 2024 · William A. Anders, the Apollo 8 astronaut who captured the iconic “Earthrise” photograph in December 1968, has died at the age of 90. The small, vintage plane he was piloting alone—a...

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