NASA宇航员比尔·安德斯拍摄的《地升》
NASA astronaut Bill Anders took this iconic image of Earth rising over the Moon’s horizon on Dec. 24, 1968. Anders, lunar module pilot on the Apollo 8 mission, and fellow astronauts Frank Borman and Jim Lovell became the first humans to orbit the Moon and the first to witness the sight pictured.
After becoming a fighter pilot in the Air Force, Anders was selected as an astronaut by NASA. He was backup pilot for the Gemini XI and Apollo 11 flights, and he was lunar module pilot for Apollo 8 – the first lunar orbit mission in December 1968. Anders passed away on June 7, 2024.
Image Credit: NASA
1968年12月24日,NASA航天局宇航员比尔·安德斯拍摄了这张地球从月球地平线上升起的标志性照片。安德斯是阿波罗8号任务的登月舱飞行员,他与宇航员弗兰克·鲍曼和吉姆·洛威尔成为第一批绕月飞行的人,也是第一批目睹照片中景象的人。
在成为空军战斗机飞行员后,安德斯被NASA选为宇航员。他是双子座XI号和阿波罗11号飞行的后备飞行员,也是1968年12月第一次月球轨道任务阿波罗8号的登月舱飞行员。安德斯于2024年6月7日去世。
影像来源: NASA