William R. Muehlberger

William R. Muehlberger
Muehlberger in 1972 during the Apollo 16 landing
Born
William Rudolf Muehlberger

September 26, 1923
New York, New York, United States
DiedSeptember 14, 2011(2011-09-14) (aged 87)
EducationPh.D., Structural Geology (1954)
Alma materCalifornia Institute of Technology (Caltech)
OccupationGeology professor
Years active1954 to 1992
EmployerUniversity of Texas at Austin (emeritus)
Known forTraining of Apollo astronauts, North American Structural Geology
SpouseSally J. Provine
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William Rudolf "Bill" Muehlberger (September 26, 1923 – September 14, 2011), Professor of Geology at University of Texas at Austin, was the geology principal investigator of both the Apollo 16 and 17 missions to the Moon, for National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). He died of natural causes on September 14, 2011.[1][2]

The Apollo 16 Moon rock Big Muley is named after Muehlberger.

  1. ^ Obituary at legacy.com, retrieved Jan. 15, 2014
  2. ^ Phinney, William (2015). Science Training History of the Apollo Astronauts. NASA SP -2015-626. p. 147.