When I delved deeper into the photo archives from Apollo 8, one added wrinkle awaited me: The iconic color image wasn’t the first Earthrise photo, as most people assumed. Just before he saw ...

Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic "Earthrise" photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the ...

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

The show is on view through January 7, 2019. The original “Earthrise” photo was taken by Bill Anders during the Apollo 8 mission. Notice the cluster of lights on the lunar surface at the lower ...

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 ...

to help them remember Apollo 8 and humankind's first venture from the earth. And we all had various suggestions." Lovell: "Almost the whole world would be listening to us on Christmas Eve.

The former Apollo 8 astronaut best known for taking the iconic ''Earthrise'' photo, who died last month while piloting a plane over the waters off Washington state, was doing a flyby near a friend ...

The Apollo program is arguably the most famous achievement of the United States regime, but how much do you really know about ...

Moving beyond our “comfort zones” can present challenges. We often resist moving beyond our usual routines and familiar ...

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 ...