Show threadFrank 🛩️🪂⛵🛵🎿🔭Jul 3, 2025

@fitheach ...and some, when they die at 90, it's not from old age - it's from crashing a plane they’re piloting themselves! 🛩️ #WilliamAnders #Astronaut #aviation #space

https://www.newsweek.com/william-anders-death-plane-crash-cause-latest-update-1909984

William Anders Death: What We Know About Astronaut's Plane Crash

The astronaut William Anders has died following a plane crash in Washington, USA.

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Iconic Portrait of Buzz Aldrin on the Moon Sells for $32,000 at Auction

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clacke: exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛Nov 17, 2024

I didn't know that en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_… , the astronaut who took the "Earthrise" photo, was born in Hong Kong.

#WilliamAnders #space #EarthRise #HongKong
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1933–2024)

William Anders - Wikipedia

Pablonius Monk 🇺🇦Jun 9, 2024

Remembering astronaut William Anders 🌎 🌕 📷 🚀

"It was ironic that we'd done all this work to come and explore the Moon and what we really discovered was the Earth."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EtXlxIjgAg

#EarthRise #ApolloMission #WilliamAnders #CBSSundayMorning #Astronaut #NASA #LeeCowan

Passage: Remembering astronaut William Anders

A member of the crew of Apollo 8, William Anders was one of the first humans to orbit the Moon, and on Christmas Eve 1968, he took a picture that forever cha...

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AhoJun 9, 2024

#hongkong lost it's first #astronaut when #WilliamAnders crashed with his plane.

Source: https://hongkongfp.com/2024/06/09/hong-kong-born-us-astronaut-william-anders-dies-in-plane-crash-aged-90/

Hong Kong-born US astronaut William Anders dies in plane crash, aged 90

Hong Kong-born William Anders, the US astronaut who took the historic "Earthrise" photo from space over 55 years ago, died in a plane crash.

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Mark TaylorJun 8, 2024

#WilliamAnders #Apollo8

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The brave man who took this iconic photo, one of the first 3 humans to ever leave Earth orbit and travel to the Moon, died yesterday. #BillAnders, I salute you.

Guppy@ロケみる集会Jun 8, 2024
NASA長官がアポロ宇宙飛行士ウィリアムズ・アンダース氏を追悼
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-administrator-remembers-apollo-astronaut-williams-anders/

NASA Administrator Bill NelsonがApollo宇宙飛行士William Andersの訃報について声明を発表。Anders氏の偉業と人生に感謝の言葉を述べる。 #NASA #Apollo #WilliamAnders
NASA Administrator Remembers Apollo Astronaut William Anders - NASA

The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on the passing of Apollo astronaut Maj. Gen. (ret.) William “Bill” Anders, who passed away

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MatthewJun 8, 2024

#williamanders

Last and only transponder ping that day.

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a29cbb&lat=48.382&lon=-122.856&zoom=8.8&showTrace=2024-06-07&leg=1&trackLabels&timestamp=1717784240

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MatthewJun 8, 2024

#williamanders

The FAA spotted a problem with the T34 design, where the wings could fall off, in 1999.

https://www.faa.gov/lessons_learned/small_airplane/accidents/beechcraft-t-34

Ulfh3dnarJun 8, 2024

Apollo 8 astronaut, Major General William Anders, who took the iconic "Earthrise" photograph, died in a plane crash near Orcas Island, Washington. He was 90 years old.

#USA #Astronaut #Apollo8 #WilliamAnders #Anders