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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]
