The last page of The Economist magazine traditionally contains an obituary. The June 15, 2024 edition was for William (Bill) Anders, a former Apollo 8 astronaut who died on June 7th, 2024, at age 90 (“Obituary, William Anders”).

On December 21, 1968, Anders, along with Frank Borman and Jim Lovell, blasted off from Cape Kennedy in Florida on a reconnaissance trip to the Moon. Their mission was to orbit it several times and take photos of its surface for a future landing site. The chances were one in three that they would not make it back.