Frank Borman
Birthday: 1928-03-14
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Biography: A retired United States Air Force (USAF) colonel, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, businessman, rancher, and NASA astronaut. He was the commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon, and together with crewmates Jim Lovell and Bill Anders, became the first of 24 humans to do so, for which he was awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. As of 2021, he is the oldest living former American astronaut, eleven days older than Lovell.
Movies
Salute to Apollo: EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2017
In this video, you can hear their stories in their own words. David Hartman hosts a Salute to the Ap...
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First to the Moon
When the world was in turmoil, three men went faster and farther than anyone thought possible. This ...
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Earthrise
The Apollo 8 astronauts recount their memories of capturing the first image of Earth from space in 1...
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The Day We Walked on the Moon
On July 16, 1969, hundreds of thousands of spectators and an army of reporters gathered at Cape Kenn...
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Apollo: Missions to the Moon
National Geographic's riveting effort recounts all 12 crewed missions using only archival footage, p...
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On Camera: Fifteen Apollo Astronauts and Their Experience of a Lifetime
A collection of excerpted on-screen interviews with fifteen of the Apollo astronauts....
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Project Gemini: Bridge to the Moon
All of the necessary technologies required to reach the Moon was first tested during Project Gemini,...
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