From the Archives: Bill Anders, Apollo 8 and the “Earthrise” photo

Astronaut Williams Anders died Friday, June 7, 2024 at the age of 90. In this “CBS Sunday Morning” story, originally broadcast on December 23, 2018, Anders and his fellow Apollo 8 crew members James Lovell and Frank Borman spoke with Lee Cowan about being the first humans to orbit the moon, and about the photo they brought with them: the first image of the Earth above the moon’s surface. Called ‘Earthrise’, it showed humanity the beauty and fragility of our home planet, and helped galvanize the environmental movement.