William Anders
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William Alison Anders was a United States Air Force major general, electrical engineer, nuclear engineer, NASA astronaut, and businessman. In December 1968, he was a member of the crew of Apollo 8, th
Anders in 1964
Anders (right) with fellow Apollo 8 crewmates Jim Lovell (center) and Frank Borman (left)
Earthrise, taken by Anders on 24 December 1968
Anders sprayed with a fire hose by his son Greg at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base in 2008
Earthrise
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Earthrise is a photograph of Earth taken from lunar orbit by astronaut William Anders on December 24, 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission. Nature photographer Galen Rowell described it as "the most infl
William Anders
…live images and commentary back to Earth, including the Christmas Eve Genesis reading. During one of the mission's lunar orbits, he took the iconic Earthrise photograph. A 1955 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Anders was commissioned a second lieutenant in the USAF the same year and became a…
Color-calibrated version
The first photograph of Earth from the Moon by a person, also by Anders, taken shortly before Earthrise (for a colorized version see this image)
A copy of the modified Hasselblad 500 EL camera used