Anders was part of the 1968 Apollo 8 crew who became the first three people to circle the moon along with fellow astronauts Jim Lovell and mission commander Frank Borman. Anders, who served as the ...

Frank Borman, commander of Apollo 8, wrote in his autobiography, "The NASA of more recent years got the idea that you could put almost any highly intelligent person into a spacecraft and qualify ...

explaining his reaction to opening the Apollo 8 capsule The Apollo 8 mission made history and its crew were rightfully honored as the bravest of explorers. Of course, these heroes were only human.

Maj. Gen. Bill Anders, 90, was a member of the Apollo 8 space mission, which was the first crew to reach the moon in 1968. He took one of the most famous photographs of the Earth rising over the ...

The Apollo IX mission test-flew the command module and lunar ... Jeff Kluger’s latest book Apollo 8 will be released on May 16. It is available for pre-order here. Correction: The original ...

The Apollo moon program resulted in a legacy of thousands of images - all of them of immense value as both scientific and documentary records. Yet 30 years after the event most of them speak only ...