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

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Series
NOVA
Episode
To the Moon
Raw Footage
Interview with William "Bill" Anders, US Air Force Major general, engineer, astronaut, and Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 8, part 2 of 3
Producing Organization
WGBH Educational Foundation
Contributing Organization
WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-15-3x83j3b51p
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Description
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.
Raw Footage Description
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.
Created Date
1998
Asset type
Raw Footage
Genres
Interview
Topics
Science
Technology
History
Subjects
Space; moon; Gemini; apollo; American History; astronaut
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:22:50
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Credits
Producing Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
AAPB Contributor Holdings
WGBH
Identifier: cpb-aacip-be8af37fa72 (Filename)
Format: Digital Betacam
Generation: Original
Duration: 0:22:50
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Citations
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, WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed August 20, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-3x83j3b51p.
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. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. August 20, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-3x83j3b51p>.
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: WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-3x83j3b51p