“Earthrise” begins with a quotation from William Anders, who, as a member of the first crew to circle the moon, took the ...

Fossils and genetics are starting to point to life emerging surprisingly soon after Earth formed, when the planet was ...

Anders was part of the Apollo 8 mission, which orbitted the Moon before returning to Earth. The mission circled the Moon for ...

The colour photograph of Earthrise - taken by Apollo 8 astronaut, William A. Anders, December 24, 1968. Although the photograph is usually mounted with the moon below the earth, this is how Anders ...

"Bill Anders forever changed our perspective of our planet and ourselves with his famous Earthrise photo on Apollo 8," Kelly wrote on X. "My thoughts are with his family and friends." ...

The Earth from here is a grand oasis in the big ... The photographs and films that the crew of Apollo 8 took of the moon gave scientists valuable information and helped NASA plan future landing ...

Apollo 8 had already done several orbits around the ... You have to remember that, at this point, no one in human history had ever seen the Earth firsthand from such a distance.

Apollo 8's lunar orbit mission went exceedingly well ... was required to return the crew safely to earth. Until the long-duration flights aboard U.S. and Soviet space stations, Lovell held the ...

A major highlight of the mission will take place on March 14, when Blue Ghost captures high-definition images of a total ...

Now 55 years old, the former NASA astronaut’s outlook on space travel mirrors fellow former astronaut William Anders, who shot the famous Earthrise photograph of our planet on the Apollo 8 mission.

The Atlas-Agena rocket first placed the spacecraft into Earth orbit before ... and indeed Apollo 11 landed 44 miles southeast of the Ranger 8 impact site in July 1969. Schematic diagram of the ...

in which the Apollo 12 astronauts transported invaluable samples of moon back to Earth. Cade Martin It’s only the size of a suitcase, 8 by 19 by 11.7 inches—perfect for the overhead storage ...