The 40th Anniversary of the Moon Landing
A guide to TIME's celebration of the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11's lunar landing. Profiles of the Apollo crews, photos, video and an interactive graphic which shows the successful missions that have landed on moon's surface.
Lunar-module pilot, Apollo 8
Age: 75
Life as an astronaut: Flew just once, but it was big: Apollo 8 was the first manned mission to orbit the moon; arrived Christmas Eve 1968
Life as a civilian: Worked for multiple companies and eventually became chairman of the defense contractor General Dynamics
See pictures of Apollo 8's historic flight.
See TIME's 1969 cover on Anders.
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