Details of Apollo astronaut's fatal plane crash revealed

Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic "Earthrise" photo who died last month while piloting a plane over the waters off Washington state, was doing a flyby near a friend's house when the deadly accident happened, federal authorities said Tuesday.

Anders had texted a friend to say he planned to do a flyby near her house on the western shore of Orcas Island, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said in its preliminary report. 

The...