William Rudolf "Bill" Muehlberger (September 26, 1923 – September 14, 2011), Professor of Geology at

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, was the geology

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of both the

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and 17 missions to the Moon, for

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(NASA). He died of natural causes on September 14, 2011. The Apollo 16 Moon rock

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is named after Muehlberger.

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1999 Interview by Carol Butler
Muehlberger training astronauts on a geology field trip to Marathon Basin

{{DEFAULTSORT:Muehlberger, William R. 1923 births American geologists California Institute of Technology alumni 2011 deaths NASA people University of Texas at Austin faculty

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