William Alison "Bill" Anders (born October 17, 1933), (
Maj Gen,
USAFR, Ret.), is a former
United States Air Force officer,
nuclear engineer,
NASA astronaut, and
businessman. He is, along with
Apollo 8 crewmates
Frank Borman and
Jim Lovell, one of the first three persons to have left Earth orbit and traveled to the
Moon (
of only 24 people to date).