According to the NBC network, the U.S. Coast Guard was notified this Friday of an incident between Orcas Island and Johns Island, Washington, of a small airplane that sank after crashing into the water. At that time it was unknown how many people were on the craft.
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On December 24, 1968, Anders, along with astronauts Frank Borman, who was the mission commander, and Jim Lovell, became the first to orbit the moon and the first to witness the image captured in the famous photograph.
While the spacecraft was in the process of spinning, Anders took this iconic photograph, “Earthrise,” which shows the Earth rising above the Moon’s horizon. The photo provided the first glimpse of the planet from a great distance.
In 2018, the International Astronomical Union commemorated the event by naming the 25-mile-diameter crater “Anders Earthrise.”
