Apollo astronaut Invoice Anders, the photographer behind one of the crucial well-known photographs ever recorded in area, has died at age 90.
Anders died Friday in a aircraft crash in Washington state. He was piloting a Beech A45 when it crashed into the water off Jones Island. The Nationwide Transportation Security Board is investigating.
In a press release on X, NASA Administrator Invoice Nelson stated Invoice Anders “provided to humanity among the many deepest of items an astronaut can provide. He traveled to the brink of the Moon and helped all of us see one thing else: ourselves. He embodied the teachings and the aim of exploration. We’ll miss him.”
Anders flew in area simply as soon as. He was a part of the crew on the primary mission for people past low Earth orbit. The flight reached the moon on Christmas Eve 1968.
The crew had been taking footage that have been largely black-and-white photographs. However the earthrise captured Anders’ consideration.
Anders is heard on the on-board recorder asking fellow astronaut Jim Lovell, “Hand me a roll of coloration fast. Would you? … Fast. Fast.”
The enduring photograph was immortalized on a postage stamp and on numerous journal covers and in newspapers.