William Anders, NASA Astronaut Who Captured Iconic ‘Earthrise’ Photograph, Dies at 90 | The Apollo 8 lunar module pilot also served in the U.S. Air Force and worked extensively on nuclear energy projects
Ukrainian boy was catching sweets from American planes during the Berlin Airlift in 1948. Inspired by those huge planes, he became an airspace engineer, worked for NASA on Apollo program. As Chief Scientist of US Airforce, he was credited with initiation of GPS: Michael Yarymovych
NASA Administrator Remembers Apollo Astronaut William Anders