The San Diego Air & Space Museum is keepinginmind Bill Anders, the Lunar Module Pilot on the historical Apollo 8 objective which took guys to the Moon for the veryfirst time in human history in December 1968.
San Diego, CA – The San Diego Air & Space Museum is keepinginmind Bill Anders , the Lunar Module Pilot on the historical Apollo 8 objective which took males to the moon for the veryfirst time in human history in December 1968 and a member of the distinguished International Air & Space Hall of Fame . Anders passed away on June 7, 2024, in a solo aircraft crash in Washington State. He was90
“The bold and bravery of Apollo 8’s team of Bill Anders , Frank Borman and Jim Lovell , who endedupbeing the veryfirst astronauts on the veryfirst flight to the Moon is thoughtabout by lotsof to the be one of the brightest – if not the brightest – in the American Space program’s mission to walk the Moon. Because of them we understood flying to the Moon was possible. It’s one the most extraordinary accomplishments in the history of NASA,” stated Jim Kidrick , President & CEO of the San Diego Air & Space Museum. “Bill was such an extraordinary and achieved pilot and leader, who likewise liked his dear partner Valerie and his fantastic household. I thoughtabout him more like a 2nd Dad and he was constantly a individual motivation to me. He picked the San Diego Air & Space Museum to phase a really unique night…Valerie and Bill on phase, sharing their love for each other and the amazing lives they invested together as he ready to be a member of the veryfirst astronaut team to fly to the Moon. He was extremely much a excellent goodfriend to the San Diego Air & Space Museum and our ideas are with his household at this challenging time.”
William A. Anders was born October 17 1933, in Hong Kong however grew up in San Diego, California. He finished from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1955, and after pilot training, he went on to graduate from Harvard University.
In 1963, Anders was chose by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for training in the Apollo program. On December 21, 1968, LMP Anders, Commander Frank Borman and Command Module Pilot James Lovell endedupbeing the veryfirst guys to leave Earth’s gravity and orbit the Moon. Apollo 8 offered us our veryfirst close-up view of the lunar surfacearea and of the moon’s back side. Th