Former Apollo 8 astronaut William "Bill" Anders has died after the plane he was flying crashed in the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state Friday. He was 90. In a statement to CNN ...

Navy Seal frogman to astronaut William Anders, explaining his reaction to opening the Apollo 8 capsule The Apollo 8 mission made history and its crew were rightfully honored as the bravest of ...

The National Transportation Safety Board and the FAA are investigating the crash. Anders was part of the Apollo 8 mission, ...

Scientists had an interest in this area of the moon as a possible landing zone for a future human landing, and indeed Apollo 11 landed 44 miles southeast of the Ranger 8 impact site in July 1969.