Retired Maj. Gen. and former Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the ...

DEER HARBOR, Wash. — Former NASA Astronaut William "Bill" Anders was flying the plane that crashed in the waters of the San Juan Islands on Friday, his son, Greg, confirmed with KING 5. Greg ...

Retired Maj. Gen. Anders was killed Friday, June 7, 2024, when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state.

Pacific Northwest Former astronaut William Anders dies in plane crash near San Juan Islands Updated: Jun. 08, 2024, 11:04 a.m. | Published: Jun. 07, 2024, 5:45 p.m.

Former astronaut Retired Maj. Gen. William “Bill” Anders, an Air Force pilot with connections to Bellingham, died in a plane crash in the waters around the San Juan Islands on Friday at age 90.

In December 2021, Anders spoke in San Diego on the 118th anniversary of the Wright brothers’ first flight. In retirement, Anders lived in Washington State’s San Juan Islands and also had a ...

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, June 7 ...

DEER HARBOR, Wash. — Former NASA Astronaut William "Bill" Anders was flying the plane that crashed in the waters of the San Juan Islands on Friday, his son, Greg, confirmed with KING 5. Greg Anders ...