What is William Anders?
{{Infobox astronaut |name = Bill Anders |image = William Anders.jpg |caption = Anders in 1964 |birth_name = William Alison Anders |birth_date = {{birth date|1933|10|17|mf=yes}} |birth_place = [[British Hong Kong]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2024|06|07|1933|10|17|mf=yes}} |death_place = [[San Juan County, Washington|San Juan County]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], U.S. |alma_mater = {{Unbulleted list | [[United States Naval Academy]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]]) | [[Air University (United States Air Force)|Air University]] ([[Master of Science|MS]]) }} |type = [[NASA Astronaut Corps|NASA astronaut]] |rank = [[Major general (United States)|Major General]], [[United States Air Force Reserve|USAFR]] |time = 6d 3h |selection = [[NASA Astronaut Group 3|NASA Group 3 (1963)]] |mission = [[Apollo 8]] |insignia = [[File:Apollo-8-patch.png|40px]] |retirement = September 1, 1969 |awards = {{Plainlist| * [[Air Force Distinguished Service Medal]] * [[NASA Distinguished Service Medal]] }} |module = {{Infobox officeholder |embed = yes |office = [[List of ambassadors of the United States to Norway|United States Ambassador to Norway]] |president = {{Plainlist| * [[Gerald Ford]] * [[Jimmy Carter]] }} |term_start = May 11, 1976 |term_end = June 18, 1977 |predecessor = [[Thomas Ryan Byrne|Thomas Byrne]] |successor = [[Louis A. Lerner]] }} }} '''William Alison Anders''' (October 17, 1933 &ndash; June 7, 2024) was a [[United States Air Force]] [[officer]], [[NASA]] [[astronaut]], [[business]]man, and [[engineer]]. He was a member of the [[Apollo 8]] [[outer space|space mission]]. Anders, [[Frank Borman]] and [[Jim Lovell]] were the first astronauts to leave the [[orbit]] of the [[Earth]] and go to the [[Moon]]. The crew took the first pictures taken of the earth from the Moon.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Remarks by the President at the National Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting (2009) |url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remark