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Former astronaut William Anders died in Washington plane crash
Updated On: 08 June, 2024 08:29 AM IST | Seattle | AP
`The family is devastated,` Greg Anders said. `He was a great pilot and we will miss him terribly.`
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Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic `Earthrise` photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state. He was 90. His son, retired Air Force Lt. Col. Greg Anders, confirmed the death to The Associated Press.
`The family is devastated,` Greg Anders said. `He was a great pilot and we will miss him terribly.`
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