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Famed Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, 90, dies in horror crash when his plane nose-dives into waters
William Anders, an Apollo astronaut who snapped the iconic 1968 “Earthrise” photo of the Earth while orbiting the moon, died ...
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Astronaut Thomas Stafford, Apollo 10 commander, dies at 93
He died in a hospital near his Space Coast Florida ... heavens which he so courageously explored as a Gemini and Apollo astronaut as well as a peacemaker in Apollo Soyuz,” NASA Administrator ...
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Apollo 8 astronaut dies in plane crash — news portal
WASHINGTON, June 8. /TASS/. William Anders, one of the members of the Apollo 8 space mission, has died as a result of a plane crash, Fox13 reported. According to the news portal, Anders was ...
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Apollo 11 astronaut who orbitted the Moon dies at age 90
Apollo 11 Mission “odd-man-out” Michael Collins died Wednesday of cancer at the age of 90, his family announced. When fellow astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin landed on the ...
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Former astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, has died in Washington plane crash
William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise ... william-anders-who-took-iconic-earthrise-photo-has-died-in-washington-plane-crash/ Oregon State Beavers ...
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Apollo, space shuttle astronauts become literal faces of moonbound payload
In 1972, Apollo 16 astronaut and moon walker Charlie Duke left a family photo on the lunar surface. Today that photo is long gone. But Duke’s visage is heading back to the moon this week ...