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Bill Anders, astronaut who took historic Earth picture from space, dies aged 90 in US plane crash

Source: NASA/AFP via Getty Images

William Anders, the American astronaut who took the first colour photo of the Earth from space, has died aged 90 in a plane crash.

Tributes have been paid from NASA after the incident off the coast

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