Frank Borman
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| NASA Astronaut | |
| Nationality | American |
| Status | Retired |
| Born | Frank Frederick Borman, II March 14, 1928 Gary, Indiana, U.S. |
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Other occupation
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Fighter pilot, test pilot |
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USMA, B.S. 1950 Caltech, M.S. 1957 |
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| Rank | Colonel, USAF |
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Time in space
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19d 21h 35m |
| Selection | 1962 NASA Group 2 |
| Missions | Gemini 7, Apollo 8 |
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Mission insignia
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| Retirement | July 1, 1970 |
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Frank Frederick Borman, II (born March 14, 1928), (Col, USAF, Ret.), 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 (CEO) of Eastern Air Lines from 1975 to 1986. Borman is a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
Borman was born on March 14, 1928, in Gary, Indiana, where the Frank Borman Expressway is named after him. He is of German descent, born as the only child to parents Edwin and Marjorie Borman. Because he suffered from numerous sinus problems in the cold and damp weather, his father packed up the family and moved to the better climate of Tucson, Arizona, which Borman considers his home town. He started to fly at the age of 15.
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