William Anders Astronaut

William Alison "Bill" Anders (born October 17, 1933), (Maj Gen, USAF, Ret.), is a former United States Air Force officer, NASA astronaut, and businessman. He is, along with Apollo 8 crewmates Frank Borman and Jim Lovell, one of the first three persons to have left Earth orbit and traveled to the Moon (of only 24 people to date).

Personal facts

William Anders
Birth dateOctober 17, 1933
Birth place
Hong Kong
Nationality
United States

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Astronaut

missions
Apollo 8
selection
List of astronauts by year of selection
statusRetired
Time in space6 days 3 hours 0 minutes

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William Anders on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.acc.af.mil/library/biographies/bio.asp?id=10522
  2. http://www.astronautix.com/astros/anders.htm
  3. http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/A/Anders.html
  4. http://www.heritageflight.org/content/about-2/maj-gen-william-a-anders
  5. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm00974053
  6. http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/anders-wa.html
  7. http://www.muldrake.com/anders.html
  8. http://www.nmspacemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.php?id=71
  9. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/moon
  10. http://www.spaceacts.com/STARSHIP/seh/anders.htm