Maj. William Anders, a member of the Apollo 8 “Genesis Flight” crew, which successfully completed the first manned space mission to orbit the moon in 1968, died on Friday at the age of 90 in an airplane crash northwest of Seattle.
According to CBS News, Anders was solo piloting a Beech A45 airplane when an incident occurred that caused it to plunge into the water near Roche Harbor, Washington. The National Transportation Safety Board and FAA are investigating what led to the crash, and as of 9:22 PM EDT, San Juan County Sheriff Eric Peter told CBS News that crews were searching the area but had not yet recovered a body.
