Frank Frederick Borman II (March 14, 1928 ? November 7, 2023) was an American astronaut and the commander of Apollo 8 . He received a Bachelor of Science at West Point and a Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology . Apollo 8 was the first mission to fly around the Moon . [1] [2] The other members of Apollo 8 were Jim Lovell and Bill Anders .
After leaving NASA, he was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Eastern Air Lines from 1975 to 1986. [3] Borman was a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor . [4]
Borman died on November 7, 2023 of a stroke in Billings, Montana at the age of 95. [5]