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Frank Borman
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American astronaut (1928–2023)
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Frank Borman was an American test pilot, astronaut, and autobiographer born in Gary in 1928. He served as a colonel in the United States Air Force and was employed by NASA, where he was a member of NASA Astronaut Group 2. Borman was educated at the United States Military Academy, the California Institute of Technology, the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, and Harvard Business School. He spoke English and was recognized in the Astronauts collection.
Borman received several awards, including the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Harmon Trophy, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, and induction into the National Aviation Hall of Fame. He was a member of the Académie de l'air et de l'espace and spent 28655 units of time in space. He died in Billings in 2023 from a stroke.
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- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- NASA Astronaut Group 2
- Given name
- Frederick
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Gary
- Place of death
- Billings
- Occupation
- astronaut
- Employer
- NASA
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Washington Award
- Military branch
- United States Air Force
- Military rank
- colonel
- Image
- Astronaut Frank Borman.jpg
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- Commons category
- Frank Borman
- date of birth
- 1928-03-14
- member of
- Académie de l'air et de l'espace
- time in space
- 28655
- birth name
- Frank Frederick Borman II
- name in native language
- Frank Borman
- date of death
- 2023-11-07
- cause of death
- stroke
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of the crew of
- Gemini 7
- P450
- Apollo 8
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Encyclopedic overview
Frank Frederick Borman II (March 14, 1928 – November 7, 2023) was an American United States Air Force (USAF) colonel, aeronautical engineer, NASA astronaut, test pilot, and businessman. He was the commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon, and together with crewmates Jim Lovell and William Anders, became the first of 28 humans to do so, for which he was awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
Four days before he graduated with the West Point Class of 1950, in which he was ranked eighth out of 670, Borman was commissioned in the USAF. He qualified as a fighter pilot and served in the Philippines. He earned a Master of Science degree at Caltech in 1957, and then became an assistant professor of thermodynamics and fluid mechanics at West Point. In 1960, he was selected for Class 60-C at the USAF Experimental Flight Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base in California and qualified as a test pilot. On graduation, he was accepted as one of five students in the first class at the Aerospace Research Pilot School.
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