The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on the passing of former NASA astronaut Col. (ret.) Frank Borman, who passed away Nov. 7, in Billings, Montana, at the age of 95.
Astronaut Frank Borman passed away Nov. 7, 2023, aged 95 in Billings, Mont. Borman commanded the Apollo 8 mission, the first Americans to circle the Moon.
Gary native Frank Borman commanded the Apollo 8 flight that was the first manned mission to fly to the moon. The astronaut for whom the Borman Expressway is named died
Frank Borman, who worked as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force before becoming a NASA Astronaut who commandeered Apollo 8 around the moon in 1968, has died at the age of 95, NASA announced on Thursday.