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William Anders, Apollo 8 Astronaut Who Took 'Earthrise' Photo, Dies In Plane Crash
Retired astronaut William Anders, one of the first three humans to orbit the moon, who captured the "Earthrise" photo during NASA's Apollo 8 mission, died on Friday when the small plane he was piloting crashed in Washington state.
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Apollo 8: NASA's First Moonshot Was a Bold and Terrifying Improvisation
Fifty years later, it's hard to remember how mind-blowing Apollo 8 was, and how scary.
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George Mueller, NASA Engineer Who Helped Enable Moon Landing, Dies at 97
George Mueller, a coolly decisive, hard-driving engineer, scientist and administrator who was given much of the credit for enabling NASA to meet President John F. Kennedy's manned moon landing timetable, as well as for initiating the Skylab and space shuttle programs, died Oct. 12 at his home in Irvine, California. He was 97.
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William Anders, Apollo 8 Astronaut Who Took 'Earthrise' Photo, Dies In Plane Crash
Retired astronaut William Anders, one of the first three humans to orbit the moon, who captured the "Earthrise" photo during NASA's Apollo 8 mission, died on Friday when the small plane he was piloting crashed in Washington state.
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Apollo 8: NASA's First Moonshot Was a Bold and Terrifying Improvisation
Fifty years later, it's hard to remember how mind-blowing Apollo 8 was, and how scary.
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George Mueller, NASA Engineer Who Helped Enable Moon Landing, Dies at 97
George Mueller, a coolly decisive, hard-driving engineer, scientist and administrator who was given much of the credit for enabling NASA to meet President John F. Kennedy's manned moon landing timetable, as well as for initiating the Skylab and space shuttle programs, died Oct. 12 at his home in Irvine, California. He was 97.
