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July 1, 1970. 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. He was the commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon, and together with crewmates Jim Lovell and William Anders, became ...
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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 ...
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Nov 9, 2023 · Apollo 8 Astronaut Frank Borman, commander of the first manned Saturn V space flight into Lunar orbit, accepted a phone call from the U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson prior to launch. Borman, along with astronauts William Anders, Lunar Module (LM) pilot, and James Lovell, Command Module (CM) pilot, launched aboard the Apollo 8 mission on ...
Nov 9, 2023 · NASA, via Associated Press. By Richard Goldstein. Published Nov. 9, 2023 Updated Nov. 20, 2023. Frank Borman, the commander of NASA’s 1968 Apollo 8 spaceflight, whose astronauts became the...
Dec 19, 2023 · Nov 10, 2023 Updated Dec 19, 2023. NASA astronaut Frank Borman always credited his formative years growing up in Tucson with helping lead him to his place in history as commander of the first...
Nov 9, 2023 · Johnson Space Center, Houston. 281-483-5111. courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov. Jim McCarthy. Counterpoint Strategies. 202-257-2767. jim@counterpointstrategies.com. The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on the passing of former NASA astronaut Col. (ret.) Frank Borman, who passed away Nov. 7, in.
Nov 9, 2023 · BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — 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. He was 95. Borman died Tuesday in Billings, Montana, according to NASA.
