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Nov 9, 2023 · Frank Borman, Apollo 8 commander who led first crew to orbit moon, dies at 95. One of nine tapped for NASA’s second astronaut corps, he commanded two missions that laid essential groundwork for...
Nov 10, 2023 · Space. This article is more than 5 months old. Obituary. Frank Borman obituary. Astronaut who led the Apollo 8 mission in 1968, and the first person to spot an ‘Earthrise’. Nigel Fountain. Fri...
Apr 18, 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. The astronauts remained in an orbit about 112 km (70 miles) above the surface of the Moon for about 20 ...
Nov 10, 2023 · BILLINGS, Mont. — Astronaut Frank 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, has died....
Nov 9, 2023 · Frank Borman, who commanded two early NASA missions including the first to orbit the moon, has died at age 95. In a statement, NASA said Borman died Nov. 7 in Billings, Mont. after a stroke....
Nov 9, 2023 · Frank Borman led the first team of American astronauts to circle the moon, extending man’s horizons into space. Quick Facts. In 1967 he served as a member of the Apollo 204 Fire Investigation Board, investigating the causes of the fire which killed three astronauts aboard the Apollo 1 spacecraft.
Nov 10, 2023 · BILLINGS, Mont. — Astronaut Frank 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, has died....
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