Digital Archive
Heritage Flight Museum has curated a collection of links to external websites for a deeper look at the life and career of our founders, William and Valerie Anders.
Click on the titles to read these articles in the context of their original publication.
The Man Who Brought Home Earth: Stories of Bill Anders
Personal tribute to Bill Anders by Bob Craddock for the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution (NASM), 5 August 2024
Through the Eyes of Bill Anders
Brief article by Jennifer Levasseur, chronograph curator, for NASM about Bill Anders & his watch, 11 June 2024
William "Bill" Anders: From Apollo 8 Astronaut to General Dynamics CEO
Brief description of Bill Anders’ business strategy at GD by Kasper Karlsson for Quartr.com, 8 March 2024
National Air and Space Museum’s 2023 Michael Collins Trophy Awarded to Bill Anders and the James Webb Space Telescope Team
Press Release by NASM, 2023 Collins trophy winners announced, 17 November 2022
50 Years After ‘Earthrise,’ a Christmas Eve Message from Its Photographer
Bill Anders' 50th anniversary reflections for Space.com, 23 December 2018
Apollo 8: Christmas at the Moon
Nasa article that includes Genesis reading and two other videos, 24 December 2018
Photographing Apollo 8’s Orbit Toward the Moon
LeComte’s Apollo 8 TLI photos from Haleakala, 21 December 2018
Apollo 8 Astronaut Remembers Looking Down at Earth
James Lovell’s recollections of Apollo 8, 21 December 2018
Photos: 50 Years Since Apollo 8 Showed Us Earthrise
The Atlantic magazine's 50th anniversary rundown of the photos from Apollo 8, 20 December 2018
Apollo 8 Astronaut On How Crew Saw The Earth Rise, Won The Space Race And Saved Christmas Forever
Forbes article (with Frank Borman) on how Apollo 8, not 11, ended the Space Race, 20 December 2018
Who Took the Legendary Earthrise Photo From Apollo 8?
Smithsonian Magazine explains the Earthrise authorship controversy and who won it, January 2018
Earth Day and Spaceflight
Earth Day musings on how the Earthrise photo affected environmentalism, 21 April 2017
NASA Releases New Earthrise Simulation Video
Simulation proving Bill Anders took the Earthrise photo, 20 December 2013
With a view from beyond the moon, an astronaut talks religion, politics and possibilities
Seattle Times interviews Bill Anders about Apollo 8, 7 December 2012
Bill Anders: A Love of Afterburners
Bill Anders gives a detailed personal history spanning from his father and the Panay through NASA, Post-NASA and HFM, 1 April 2007
Race to the Moon: NASA Wives & Families
Brief PBS article on Apollo wives, 31 October 2005 episode air date
Race to the Moon: Apollo 8 Insider Stories
PBS article on some of the nitty gritty realities of the space mission, 31 October 2005 episode air date