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William Alison Anders is a retired United States Air Force major general, former electrical engineer, nuclear engineer, NASA astronaut, and businessman. In December 1968, as a crew member of Apollo 8, he was one of the first three people to leave low Earth orbit and travel to the Moon. Along with fellow astronauts Frank Borman and Jim Lovell, Anders circled the Moon ten times, and broadcast live images and commentary back to Earth. During one of the mission's lunar orbits he photographed the iconic image, Earthrise.
Birth Name
William Alison Anders
Born
Tuesday, 17 October 1933
Acting Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Apollo: The Forgotten Films | Self - Apollo Program Astronaut / Self - Apollo Program Astronaut (voice) | 2019 |
| Apollo: Missions to the Moon | Self - Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 8 / Self - Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 8 (archive footage) | 2019 |
| The Apollo Chronicles | Self | 2019 |
| Apollo 11 | Self - Backup Command Module Pilot | 2019 |
| First to the Moon | Self | 2018 |
| 1968: The Year That Changed America | Self | 2018 |
| Human Universe | Self | 2014 |
| The Saturn V Story | Self | 2014 |
| Genesis Week | Self - Apollo 8 Astronaut | 2011 |
| NASA: Triumph and Tragedy | Self - Apollo 8 | 2009 |
Acting Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Apollo: The Forgotten Films | Self - Apollo Program Astronaut / Self - Apollo Program Astronaut (voice) | 2019 |
| Apollo: Missions to the Moon | Self - Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 8 / Self - Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 8 (archive footage) | 2019 |
| The Apollo Chronicles | Self | 2019 |
| Apollo 11 | Self - Backup Command Module Pilot | 2019 |
| First to the Moon | Self | 2018 |
| 1968: The Year That Changed America | Self | 2018 |
| Human Universe | Self | 2014 |
| The Saturn V Story | Self | 2014 |
| Genesis Week | Self - Apollo 8 Astronaut | 2011 |
| NASA: Triumph and Tragedy | Self - Apollo 8 | 2009 |
| Moon Machines | Self | 2008 |
| When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions | Self - Apollo 8 / Self | 2008 |
| Failure Is Not an Option | Self | 2003 |
| The Restorers | Self | 2003 |
| A Science Odyssey | Self - Astronaut | 1998 |
| For All Mankind | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1989 |
| American Experience | Self - Apollo 8 Astronaut | 1988 |
