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William Alison Anders
" Bill"

William Anders

Born: 17 October 1933, Hong Kong, China

Nationality: American

Died: 7 June 2024 (T-34 crash off shore of Jones Island State Park, Washington)

Group: NASA Group 3 (17 October 1963)

Status: Deceased

 

FAI Flights:
1
21 December 1968
6 days, 3 hours, 0 minutes, 42 seconds

Education
  BS  United States Naval Academy, 1955
  MS (Nuclear Engineering), Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson, 1962
  (Advanced Management), Harvard Business School, 1979

Anders was part of the first crew to see the backside of the moon.

 


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