#Bill Anders

[humanoidhistory]

Earthrise during the Apollo 8 mission, December 1968, photographed by Bill Anders (1933-2024).

[gusgrissom]

I just saw the news of Bill Anders' death and I'm in complete shock. He was killed in a plane crash off the San Juan Islands in Washington State on June 7, 2024 at the age of 90. As cliche as it sounds, he died doing what he loved.

Bill was a NASA astronaut aboard Apollo 8 in 1968 and took "Earthrise," one of the most famous photos in human history. My thoughts and prayers are with his wife, Valerie, their six children, and the rest of the family. May his memory be a blessing.

[thebeautifulcosmos]

Remembering Bill Anders.

[roversrovers]

does it ever drive you crazy

just how fast the night changes

[oldkitty]

Source: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/inside-apollo-8-spacecraft-december-1968/ Credit: NASA

"The most impressive aspect of the flight was [when] we were in lunar orbit. We’d been going backwards and upside down, didn’t really see the Earth or the Sun, and when we rolled around and came around and saw the first Earth rise. [T]hat certainly was, by far, the most impressive thing. To see this very delicate, colorful orb which to me looked like a Christmas tree ornament coming up over this very stark, ugly lunar landscape..." Bill Anders, Apollo 8 LMP, on his thoughts about taking the iconic Earthrise photograph.

[NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project. Edited Oral History Transcript: William A. Anders, Interviewed by Paul Rollins Houston, Texas – 8 October 1997]

RIP to another Apollo legend, 1933-2024.

[aunti-christ-ine]

[horror-heks]

Earthrise -December 24th 1968

Taken by Bill Anders aboard Apollo 8. Along with astronaut Anders, were astronauts Frank Borman, and Jim Lovell. The audio recordings you can hear the excitement in their voices getting these images. This was my favorite crew and mission to learn about during my Apollo mission research.

[piratesexmachine420]

RIP Bill Anders

[jennrg]

(Credit to NASA)

[flirtation-device]

Earthrise

Wood, plaster, nail gel, acrylic paint

2024

Inspired by Bill Anders’ Earthrise photo from the Apollo 8 mission

[humanoidhistory]

As we look back on the life of the late Bill Anders, it's been noted he took the iconic Earthrise photo during 1968's Apollo 8 mission. But it wasn't the only one. Here's the second Earthrise image captured by Anders. Not too shabby.

[kencall]

Today (12.24.23) is the 55th anniversary of one of the most famous and influential photographs ever taken. This was the first color photo of the earth titled “Earthrise,” went on to become one of the most iconic images of the 20th century and is often credited for propelling the environmental movement that led to the first Earth Day in 1970.

'Earthrise' was captured on Christmas Eve, 1968 on Apollo 8.

Particularly poignant this year - the first without the whole crew still with us (crew pictured above), after the recent loss of Frank Borman.

Although credited to Bill Anders, the photograph was a real crew effort. It was Frank Borman who turned the spacecraft to inadvertently bring Earth into view, noticed by Bill Anders: "Oh, my God! Look at that picture over there! Here's the Earth coming up. Wow, is that pretty!...Hand me that roll of color quick!" Jim Lovell found the color magazine and Anders captured the moment; a photograph that will live forever.

"And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas, and God Bless all of you, all of you on the Good Earth!"

Frank Borman

[tenth-sentence]

Less than a decade after Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit the Earth, three astronauts travelled all the way to the Moon.

"Human Universe" - Professor Brian Cox and Andrew Cohen

[roversrovers]

55 years ago today, on December 24th 1968, Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders took the iconic image known as "Earthrise"

"The Earth we saw rising over the battered grey lunar surface was small and delicate, a magnificent spot of color in the vast blackness of space. Once-distant places appeared inseparably close. Borders that once rendered division vanished. All of humanity appeared joined together on this glorious-but-fragile sphere." - William Anders

Happy holidays!

[oldkitty]

"Looking back at the Earth on Christmas Eve had a great effect, I think, on all three of us. I can only speak for myself. But it had for me. Because of the wonderment of it and the fact that the Earth looked so lonely in the universe. It’s the only thing with color. All of our emotions were focused back there with our families as well. So that was the most emotional part of the flight for me." CDR Frank Borman (Apollo 8) reflecting on his thoughts of seeing Earth from the lunar horizon.

Oral history interview conducted by Catherine Harwood for NASA Johnson Space Oral History Project, 13 April, 1999.

Image credit: Astronaut Frank Borman, September 1963. Photographer Ralph Morse.

RIP to the no-nonsense CDR of Apollo 8, who along with the audacious team of that historic and iconic lunar mission, not only saved 1968 but brought us Earthrise.

"Let's do the mission".