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Frank Frederick Borman II (March 14, 1928 – November 7, 2023) was an American United States Air Force (USAF) colonel, aeronautical engineer, NASA astronaut, test pilot, and businessman.
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Nov 9, 2023 · Frank Borman, the commander of NASA’s 1968 Apollo 8 spaceflight, whose astronauts became the first men to orbit the moon, captured the famed image known as Earthrise and read lines from Genesis...
Jun 27, 2024 · Frank Borman (born March 14, 1928, Gary, Indiana, U.S.—died November 7, 2023, Billings, Montana) was a U.S. astronaut who, in Apollo 8 with James A. Lovell and William A. Anders in December 1968, made the first crewed flight around the Moon.
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Nov 9, 2023 · Apollo astronaut Col. Frank Borman, who commanded the first mission to orbit the moon, has died in Billings, Montana, NASA announced. He was 95.
Nov 9, 2023 · Apollo astronaut Frank Borman, 92, pilots his T-34 Mentor in Billings, Mont. Borman, who commanded Apollo 8’s historic Christmas 1968 flight that circled the moon 10 times and paved the way for the lunar landing the next year, died, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023.
Jun 18, 2024 · Frank Borman was a former astronaut who commanded the Apollo 8 mission in 1968, the first manned Saturn V space flight to orbit the moon. He also flew the Gemini 7 mission with James Lovell in 1965, and served as a presidential ambassador to Vietnam.
Nov 9, 2023 · Frank Borman commanded two early NASA missions including Apollo 8, the first to orbit the moon. He was a no-nonsense astronaut known for his keen attention to detail and duty to country.
