Anders

William Alison

USA

International order nº: 42

US astr. nº: 30

Personal data:

Birthdate:	17 Oct 1933
Birthplace:	Hongkong
Marital status:	married
Children:	six
Selection date:	17 Oct 1963
Selection group:	NASA-3
Job:	LMP
Status:	Ret. 01 Sep 1969

Member of the first expedition around the Moon (Apollo 8).

Spaceflights:

Ord. num.	Startup spacecraft	Date and time of launch (UT)	Status while launch	Spacecraft of landing	Date and time of landing (UT)	Duration
1	Apollo-8	12h.51m.00s. Dec 21, 1968	LMP	Apollo-8	15h.51m.42s. Dec 27, 1968	6d.03h.00m.42s.
Total duration:						6d.03h.00m.42s.

Backup assignments:

No.	Mission	Job	Date
1	Gemini 11	PLT
2	Apollo 11	CMP

Additional information

Officer of the USAF; Master of science in nuclear engineering from U.S. Naval Academy and from Air Force Institute of Technology; resigned from NASA on 01.09.1969; 1976 - 1977 US-ambassador in Norway; then Senior Executive Vice President of Operations, Textron Inc.; 1989 Chairman and CEO-designate of the General Dynamics Corporation; in 1994 he left General Dynamics; hobbies: fishing, flying, camping, skiing.

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