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Until Apollo 8 orbited the moon and returned safely to Earth under Frank Borman’s command, NASA wasn’t sure humans could survive such a long trip in space.
Astronaut Frank Borman, who commanded Apollo 8’s historic Christmas 1968 flight that circled the moon 10 times and paved the way for the lunar landing the next year, has died. He was 95.