NASA astronaut Frank Borman, commander of the first Apollo mission to the moon, has died at age 95.
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. He was 95. Borman died Tuesday in Billings, Montana, according to NASA . Borman also led troubled Eastern Airlines in the 1970s and early ‘80s after leaving the astronaut corps. But he was best known for his NASA duties.
” Lovell and Borman had previously flown together during the two-week Gemini 7 mission, which launched on Dec. 4, 1965 — and, at only 120 feet apart, completed the first space orbital rendezvous with Gemini 6. “Gemini was a tough go,” Borman told The Associated Press in 1998. “It was smaller than the front seat of a Volkswagen bug. It made Apollo seem like a super-duper, plush touring bus.” In his book, “Countdown: An Autobiography,” Borman said Apollo 8 was originally supposed to orbit Earth.
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