BILL ANDERS, RIP

Apollo 8 lunar module pilot Bill Anders has died in a plane crash. He was 90 years old. Anders is generally accepted to have taken the iconic Earthrise photo on Christmas Eve on 1968, as the Apollo 8 crew orbited the moon for the first time. 

He joins fellow Apollo 8 commander Frank Borman and leaves Jim Lovell the only surviving crew member from that historic mission.

AD ASTRA Bill. May flights of angels speed thee to thy rest.