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NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with William "Bill" Anders, US Air Force Major general, engineer, astronaut, and Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 8, part 2 of 3

Part of To the Moon Interviews.

1998

Bill Anders, engineer, former NASA astronaut on Apollo 8, and retired US Air Force Major General, is interviewed about Apollo 8, and how he qualified for the mission, and his disappointment at the lack of geologists on early missions. Anders also describes training using Lunar Landing Training Vehicles (LLTVs), and Neil Armstrong's near-miss due to a failing fuel sensor during a training. Anders describes the high point of Apollo 8 as the Service Propulsion engine burn, and describes his difficulty in taking photographs during Apollo 8, including his capture of the "Earthrise" photograph, citing himself as taking the famous color image, and Frank Borman as taking a black-and-white version.


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Series
NOVA
Program
To the Moon
Program Number

2610

Title

Interview with William "Bill" Anders, US Air Force Major general, engineer, astronaut, and Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 8, part 2 of 3

Series Description

NOVA is a general-interest documentary series that addresses a single science issue each week. Billed as "science adventures for curious grown-ups" when it first aired in March, 1974, NOVA continues to offer an informative and entertaining approach to a challenging subject. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won every major television award, most of them many times over.

Program Description

This remarkably crafted program covers the full range of participants in the Apollo project, from the scientists and engineers who promoted bold ideas about the nature of the Moon and how to get there, to the young geologists who chose the landing sites and helped train the crews, to the astronauts who actually went – not once or twice, but six times, each to a more demanding and interesting location on the Moon's surface. "To The Moon" includes unprecedented footage, rare interviews, and presents a magnificent overview of the history of man and the Moon. To the Moon aired as NOVA episode 2610 in 1999.

Duration

0:22:50

Asset Type

Raw video

Media Type

Video

Subjects
Gemini
Astronaut
Apollo
American history
Moon
Space
Creators
WGBH Educational Foundation (Producing Organization)
Contributors
Anders, William, 1933- (Interviewee)
Rights Summary

Rights Holder: WGBH Educational Foundation

Citation
Chicago: “NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with William "Bill" Anders, US Air Force Major general, engineer, astronaut, and Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 8, part 2 of 3,” 1998, GBH Archives, accessed December 26, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_2E9C124E89484C468CFFCEDD273680A8.
MLA: “NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with William "Bill" Anders, US Air Force Major general, engineer, astronaut, and Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 8, part 2 of 3.” 1998. GBH Archives. Web. December 26, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_2E9C124E89484C468CFFCEDD273680A8>.
APA: NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with William "Bill" Anders, US Air Force Major general, engineer, astronaut, and Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 8, part 2 of 3. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_2E9C124E89484C468CFFCEDD273680A8
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