Who was astronaut Bill Anders? [Video]

ANACORTES, Wash. — Flying took William “Bill” Anders to new heights during his decades-long career as a NASA astronaut and accomplished pilot. He was one of the first people to reach the moon and gave the world its most iconic view of Earth.

Anders, 90, died in a plane crash in Washington’s San Juan Islands on Friday. His son, Greg Anders, confirmed to KING 5 that his father’s body was recovered during search efforts after a T-34 airplane crashed off the coast of Jones Island. He was the sole occupant of the plane.

Born in Hong Kong, China, in October 1933 to a U.S. Navy lieutenant, Anders and his parents later settled in La Mesa, California, according to the Heritage Flight Museum. Anders attended the United States Naval Academy and was commissioned into the U.S. Air Force in …