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Passage: Remembering astronaut William Anders

A member of the crew of Apollo 8, William Anders was one of the first humans to orbit the Moon, and on Christmas Eve 1968, he took a picture that forever changed the way we look at our home planet. Correspondent Lee Cowan remembers Anders, who died Friday, June 7, 2024, at the age of 90.
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