Frank Borman
Astronaut
1928 –
Who is Frank Borman?
Frank Frederick Borman, II, is a retired United States Air Force pilot, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, best remembered as the Commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon, making him, along with crew mates Jim Lovell and Bill Anders, the first of only 24 humans to do so. Before flying on Apollo, he set a fourteen-day spaceflight endurance record on Gemini 7, and also served on the NASA review board which investigated the Apollo 1 fire. After leaving NASA, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Eastern Air Lines from 1975 to 1986. Borman is a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
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- Born
- Mar 14, 1928
Gary - Also known as
- Борман, Фрэнк
- 弗兰克·博尔曼
- Spouses
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Tucson High Magnet School
- Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy
( - 1950) - Master of Science, California Institute of Technology
Aerospace Engineering
( - 1957)
- Lived in
- Gary
- Las Cruces
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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