William Anders will not be down...

[Photon440]

If you don't know the name, William was the astronaut on the Apollo 8 mission around the moon who took the famous "Earthrise" picture back in 1968.

He died in a plane crash yesterday.
MSN

 

[davek]

RIP Mr William

 

[dart4forte]

Watched the vid. Maybe a G induced blackout.

 

[Fran Blacker]

RIP Astronaut Anders. At 90 wonder if it was a medical event. He was doing what he must've loved.

 

[oldkimmer]

He was a true American Hero. May he Rest in Peace. That photo is spectacular. Kim

 

[dart4forte]

He was a true American Hero. May he Rest in Peace. That photo is spectacular. Kim

Must of been in tip top shape in order to pass an FAA physical at his age. Sad, great American hero.

 

[DeltaV]

R.I.P.

 

[Richard Cranium]

That photo is spectacular.

As was his crash. Yikes.

 

[hemi71x]

Wow, sorry to hear of his death.
R.I.P.
I have a poster of that picture hanging up, here in my house.
Think it was out of the National Geographic magazine, decades ago.