You could see the flames and the outer skin of the spacecraft glowing; and burning, baseball size chunks flying off behind us. It was an eerie feelin…

- William Anders

It's tiny out there...it's inconsequential. It's ironic that we had come to study the Moon and it was really discovering the Earth.

- William Anders

Looks like a sand pile my kids have been playing in for a long time - it's all beat up - no definition - just a lot of bumps and holes.

- William Anders

Is the Moon made out of green cheese? No, it's American cheese.

- William Anders

I think the thing that impressed me the most was the Lunar's sunrises and sunsets. These in particular bring out the stark nature of the terrain. . .…

- William Anders

We came all this way to explore the Moon, and the most important thing is that we discovered the Earth.

- William Anders