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Former Astronaut William Anders, Who Took Iconic Earthrise Photo, Killed In Washington Plane Crash
SEATTLE — William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who captured the iconic “Earthrise” photograph of the globe as a dark blue marble from space in 1968, died Friday when the plane he was operating alone crashed into the waters of the San Juan Islands in Washington state. He was ninety.
His son, retired Air Force Lt. Col. Greg Anders, confirmed his death to The Associated Press.
“The family is devastated,” he explained. “He was a great pilot and we will miss him terribly.”
William Anders, a former major general, stated that the photo was his most significant contribution to the space program and ensured that the Apollo 8 command and service modules operated.
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Former Astronaut William Anders, Who Took Iconic Earthrise Photo, Killed In Washington Plane Crash
The shot, the first color image of Earth from space, is one of the most significant images in modern history because it altered how humanity perceived the globe. The photograph is credited with igniting the global environmental movement by demonstrating how fragile and alone Earth seemed from orbit.
NASA Administrator and former Senator Bill Nelson stated that Anders personified the teachings and purpose of exploration.
“He went to the
Nelson stated on the social media X that he helped everyone see something else: themselves.
Anders took the photo during the crew’s fourth lunar orbit, quickly switching from black-and-white to color film.
“Oh my God, look at that picture over there!” Anders stated. “The Earth is coming up. “Wow, is that beautiful!”
The Apollo 8 mission, launched in December 1968, was the first human spacecraft to depart low Earth orbit and journey to and from the moon. NASA’s most daring and potentially dangerous mission laid the groundwork for the Apollo lunar landing seven months later.
“Bill Anders forever changed our perspective of our planet and ourselves with his famous Earthrise photo on Apollo 8,” Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, a veteran NASA astronaut, wrote on X. “He inspired me and subsequent generations of astronauts and explorers. “My thoughts are with his family and friends.
Around 11:40 a.m., San Juan County Sheriff Eric Peter reported that an older-model jet had fallen into the water and sank on the north end of Jones Island. Greg Anders told KING-TV that his father’s body was retrieved Friday afternoon.
According to the Federal Aviation Association, the Beech A45 only carried the pilot.
In a 1997 NASA oral history interview, William Anders stated that he did not believe the Apollo 8 mission was risk-free but that there were compelling national, patriotic, and exploration reasons for proceeding. He assessed that there was a one in three chance that the crew would not return, the mission would succeed, and the mission would not begin. He felt Christopher Columbus faced harder odds.
He described how Earth appeared weak and physically tiny, yet it was home.
William Anders | AP News Image
Former Astronaut William Anders, Who Took Iconic Earthrise Photo, Killed In Washington Plane Crash
“We’d been going backward and upside down, didn’t really see the Earth or the Sun, and when we rolled around and came around and saw the first Earthrise,” he explained. “That was, by far, the most impressive aspect. “To see this very delicate, colorful orb, which to me looked like a Christmas tree ornament, rising above this very stark, ugly lunar landscape, really contrasted.”
In retrospect, Anders stated that he wished he had taken more images, but mission Commander Frank Borman was concerned about everyone’s rest and pushed Anders and Command Module Pilot James A. Lovell, Jr. to sleep, “which probably made sense.”
Chip Fletcher, a University of Hawaii professor who studied coastal erosion and climate change, remembers seeing the photograph as a child.
“It just opened up my brain to realize that we are alone but together,” he added, adding that it continues to influence him now.
“It’s one of those images that never leaves my mind,” he stated. “And I think that’s true of many, many people in many professions.”
In 1966, Anders was a backup crew member for Apollo 11 and Gemini XI, but he only flew to space once, on Apollo 8.
Anders was born on October 17, 1933, in Hong Kong. His father was a Navy officer at the time, serving on the USS Panay, a gunboat on China’s Yangtze River.
Anders and his wife, Valerie, established the Heritage Flight Museum in Washington State in 1996. According to the museum’s website, it is presently located at a minor airfield in Burlington and houses 15 aircraft, many historic military vehicles, a library, and numerous relics contributed by veterans. His two sons assisted him in running it.
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Former Astronaut William Anders, Who Took Iconic Earthrise Photo, Killed In Washington Plane Crash
According to a biography on the museum’s website, the couple relocated to Orcas Island in the San Juan archipelago in 1993 but maintained a second house in their birthplace of San Diego. They had six children and thirteen grandchildren. Their current Washington residence was in Anacortes.
1955, Anders graduated from the Naval Academy and joined the Air Force as a fighter pilot.
He then served on the Atomic Energy Commission, as chairman of the joint US-USSR nuclear fission and fusion technology exchange program, and as ambassador to Norway. His NASA biography states that he went on to work for General Electric and General Dynamics.
SOURCE – (AP)
NBC is bringing a version of legendary sportscaster Al Michaels back to the Olympics this summer, but with an unexpected twist: his voice will be powered by artificial intelligence.
On Wednesday, NBC said that it will utilize AI software to reproduce Michaels’ voice to offer daily Summer Games summaries to users of its Peacock streaming platform. This marks a significant milestone in the application of AI by a major media firm.
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NBC To Use AI Version Of Announcer Al Michaels’ Voice For Olympics Recaps
The employment of an artificial intelligence voice for the Olympics comes at a time when technology has advanced dramatically, particularly in its ability to generate images, sounds, and text. This has sparked concerns in creative industries, such as journalism, regarding how artificial intelligence may—or should—be utilized.
A new tool, “Your Daily Olympic Recap on Peacock,” will allow subscribers to create 10-minute highlights packages incorporating event updates, athlete back stories, and other related content based on their preferences.
The company stated that the highlights could be packaged in approximately 7 million distinct ways, based on 5,000 hours of live coverage in Paris, thereby making AI (artificial intelligence, not the guy) a far more efficient way to give individualized summaries.
“When I was approached about this, I was skeptical but obviously curious,” Michaels stated in a press statement. “Then I saw a demonstration of what they had in mind. I replied, ‘I’m in.'”
An NBC representative told CNN that Michaels is being rewarded for his participation.
A veteran broadcaster, Michaels is now the play-by-play sportscaster for Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime. He is well noted for his work on earlier Olympic Games broadcasts for NBC and ABC and for announcing the Miracle on Ice Game at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.
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NBC To Use AI Version Of Announcer Al Michaels’ Voice For Olympics Recaps
NBC stated that the AI system was trained using previous NBC broadcast audio from Michaels.
The business stated that a team of NBC Sports editors will evaluate all of the content, including audio and footage, to ensure that it is factually correct and that names are pronounced correctly.
Beginning July 27, the highlights tool will be available on Peacock in web browsers and iOS and iPad apps.
SOURCE – CNN
Jamie Foxx has yet to publicly divulge the reason for his hospitalization last year, although he did share further facts during a videotaped encounter.
The Oscar-winning actor was hospitalized in April 2023 due to a health problem while filming the Netflix film “Back in Action” in Atlanta.
In a TikTok video posted this week, Foxx informs an unidentified group of people that he has a “bad headache” on April 11, 2023. He remembers asking his friend for an Advil, and then “I was gone for 20 days.”
Jamie Foxx Shares New Details About Health Crisis That Left Him ‘Gone For 20 Days’
“I don’t remember anything,” he claimed in a video shot on June 29 in Phoenix.
Foxx went on to say in the video that he was told his sister and daughter took him to the doctor, who him a cortisone shot. Another doctor told him something was “going on up there,” as Foxx pointed to his head.
“I won’t say it on camera,” he remarked throughout the video.
The singer is known to be discreet about his personal life, and he disappeared from the spotlight at the time due to what his daughter Corinne Foxx described as a “medical complication” on social media.
In July 2023, the “Ray” star revealed that he chose not to reveal more information because he did not want the public “to see me like that.”
“I want you to see me laughing, having fun, partying, cracking jokes, or performing in a movie or television show. I didn’t want you to see me with tubes coming out of me and wondering if I was going to make it,” he said in a video posted on Instagram at the time, adding that he felt like he had gone “to hell and back.”
Foxx provided another health update on his verified social media accounts in August 2023.
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Jamie Foxx Shares New Details About Health Crisis That Left Him ‘Gone For 20 Days’
“You are looking at a thankful man…” “I’m finally starting to feel like myself,” he wrote at the time. “The journey has been unexpectedly dark…” “But I can see the light.”
He added that he was “thankful to everyone who reached out and sent well wishes and prayers.”
According to IMDB, “Back in Action” is now in post-production.
SOURCE – CNN
NEW YORK — Hunter Biden filed a complaint accusing Fox News of illegally distributing sexual photographs of him as part of a streaming series.
The president’s son filed the complaint on Sunday in state court in Manhattan over photos from “The Trial of Hunter Biden,” which will premiere on Fox Nation in 2022. According to the lawsuit, the series included a “mock trial” of Hunter Biden on crimes he has not faced, as well as photos of Biden naked and engaging in sex acts.
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Hunter Biden Sues Fox News Over Explicit Images Featured In A Streaming Series
The lawsuit argues that the distribution of intimate photographs without his consent violated New York’s so-called revenge porn legislation.
“Fox published and disseminated these Intimate Images to its vast audience of millions as part of an entertainment program in order to humiliate, harass, annoy and alarm Mr. Biden and to tarnish his reputation,” the lawsuit states.
In an emailed statement, a Fox News representative termed it an “entirely politically motivated lawsuit” that was “devoid of merit.” According to the statement, Biden’s attorneys filed a letter demanding its removal from streaming sites in April 2024.
“The program was removed within days of the letter, out of prudence, because Hunter Biden is a public figure who has been investigated several times and is now a convicted felon. According to the emailed statement, Fox News has faithfully covered Mr. Biden’s newsworthy events by the First Amendment, and we look forward to defending our rights in court.
Hunter Biden was convicted last month of three felony charges stemming from the purchase of a revolver in 2018. Prosecutors claimed the president’s son lied on a mandated gun-buy form by claiming he was not unlawfully using or addicted to narcotics.
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Hunter Biden Sues Fox News Over Explicit Images Featured In A Streaming Series
According to the lawsuit, the series’ simulated trial included bribery claims and inappropriate financial relationships with foreign governments, which Hunter Biden has not faced.
The lawsuit says Fox did not completely remove promotional materials and that the program is still available on some third-party streaming sites.
SOURCE – (AP)
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