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NASA oral history
08 Jun 2024 04:06 GMT
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think so but NASA wanted it, NASA needed it… I … . …
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NASA astronaut Bill Anders, who took famous photo of Earth during Apollo, dies at 90
08 Jun 2024 01:01 GMT
… those pictures was selected by NASA to be the iconic Earthrise … has written several books on NASA. He says the photo gave … the Air Force Reserve. After NASA, he was the first chairman … Norway and became CEO of General Dynamics.
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Apollo 8 Astronaut & Heritage Flight Museum Founder William Anders Passes Away
08 Jun 2024 13:46 GMT
… “Earthrise” as part of NASA’s Apollo 8, founding the … was supposed to be helping NASA test and land lunar … American aerospace. Below is a NASA tribute to Bill Anders:
Another … other hand, would eventually convert General Dynamics' F-16 production line …
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Apollo 8 astronaut, Air Force veteran, William Anders dies in plane crash
08 Jun 2024 15:46 GMT
… Anders’ “Earthrise.” (photo courtesy NASA)
William Anders, born Oct. … an astronaut can give,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson wrote … Frank Borman. (Photo by NASA/Interim Archives… . He joined defense contractor General Dynamics in 1990, becoming chairman …
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Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, killed in Washington plane crash
08 Jun 2024 15:16 GMT
… 2024 shows the official NASA portrait of astronaut William Anders … space.
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This NASA image obtained on April 22 … lunar orbit. Photo by NASA /AFP via Getty … for General Electric and General Dynamics, according to his NASA biography.
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Apollo 8 Astronaut William Anders Dies in Plane Crash
08 Jun 2024 13:10 GMT
… Washington state. He was 90.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson paid tribute … Force pilot, Anders joined NASA in 1963 as part of … Force interceptor squadrons. He joined NASA in 1963, but after Apollo … as chairman and CEO of General Dynamics in the early 1990s. In …
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William Anders, Apollo 8 Mission Astronaut, Dies in Small Plane Crash
08 Jun 2024 14:23 GMT
… of the most challenging in NASA's history.
It … on December 24, according to NASA.
On Christmas Eve 1968, … 13 mission.
Anders retired from NASA in 1969, after accepting … General Electric, Textron, and General Dynamics.
The former astronaut finally retired …
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Former astronaut who took Earthrise photo identified as pilot in crash near Vancouver Island
08 Jun 2024 14:56 GMT
… . Mark Kelly, also a retired NASA astronaut, wrote on the social … Anders said in an 1997 NASA oral history interview that he … for General Electric and General Dynamics, according to his NASA biography.
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Apollo 8 Astronaut Dies At 90 In Plane Crash
08 Jun 2024 15:08 GMT
… ,” he said in a 1997 NASA oral history interview.
“(T)hat … gifts an astronaut can give,” NASA chief Bill Nelson wrote on … US defense and aerospace company General Dynamics as CEO and chairman, before … the Apollo 17 mission, but NASA has set its sights on …
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AP News: Former astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, killed in Washington plane crash
08 Jun 2024 11:52 GMT
… file photo made available by NASA, Lt. Col. William A. … 1968 photo made available by NASA, the Saturn V rocket … Earth appeared from space.
NASA Administrator and former Sen. … General Electric and General Dynamics, according to his NASA biography.
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