THIS EPISODE OF THE NORTHWEST POLITICAST: We learned late Friday Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders was killed in a plane crash off the San Juan Islands. He is probably best known for taking the iconic 'Earthrise' photograph showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space. We’ll bring you what we know and hear from Anders himself about what it was like to orbit the moon, courtesy of the archive of our partner station KONA.

PLUS: We’ll tell you why Washington Republicans are opposed to including fiscal impact statements on ballot initiatives.

AND: Why some politicians oppose a certain type of meat.

Guests include Washington State GOP Chair Jim Walsh, Northwest Newsradio’s Tim Hohl, and ABC’s Jason Nathanson.

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Remembering Bill Anders

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FILE - This Dec. 24, 1968, file photo made available by NASA shows the Earth behind the surface of the moon during the Apollo 8 mission. Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday, June 7, 2024, when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state. He was 90. (William Anders/NASA via AP, File)

FILE - This Dec. 24, 1968, file photo made available by NASA shows the Earth behind the surface of the moon during the Apollo 8 mission. Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday, June 7, 2024, when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state. He was 90. (William Anders/NASA via AP, File)