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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.
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 18, 2024 · 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.
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.
Nov 10, 2023 · Former Nasa astronaut Frank Borman, who led the first ever space mission around the moon on Apollo 8, has died. He passed away in Billings, Montana, aged 95, the agency said.
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.
Nov 9, 2023 · Astronaut Frank Borman was a true American hero. Among his many accomplishments, he served as the commander of the Apollo 8 mission, humanity’s first mission around the Moon in 1968. “His lifelong love for aviation and exploration was only surpassed by his love for his wife Susan. “Frank began his career as an officer with the U.S. Air Force.
