Foto Frank Borman
Jan Kowalski Frank Borman
Geburtsdatum 14.03.1928
Sterbedatum 07.11.2023
Nationalität American
Weltraumagentur National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Status Nicht leben
Astronautentyp Staatliche Agentur
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Frank Frederick Borman II was a 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.