Frank Borman

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NASA astronaut aerospace engineer business executive human military officer test pilot

Frank Borman is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force officer best known for commanding the historic Apollo 8 mission, the first crewed spacecraft to orbit the Moon.

Aliases (1)

Frank Frederick Borman II ×1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NASA astronaut → aerospace engineer → business executive → human → military officer → test pilot →
almaMater	California Institute of Technology → United States Military Academy →
awardReceived	Congressional Space Medal of Honor → Harmon Trophy → NASA Distinguished Service Medal → NASA Exceptional Service Medal → Robert J. Collier Trophy →
burialPlace	United States Military Academy Post Cemetery →
causeOfDeath	stroke →
coAuthor	Robert J. Serling →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
crewmate	James A. Lovell → Jim Lovell → Neil Armstrong → Pete Conrad → William A. Anders →
dateOfBirth	1928-03-14 →
dateOfDeath	2023-11-07 →
degree	Bachelor of Science in West Point engineering curriculum → Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineering →
educatedAt	California Institute of Technology → United States Military Academy →
employer	Eastern Air Lines → NASA →
familyName	Borman →
flightHours	over 6,000 hours of flying time →
fullName	Frank Frederick Borman II →
givenName	Frank →
hasPublication	Countdown: An Autobiography →
memberOf	NASA Astronaut Group 2 →
militaryBranch	United States Air Force →
militaryRank	Colonel →
notableFor	commanding Apollo 8, the first crewed mission to orbit the Moon → participating in the first crewed flight to leave Earth orbit →
numberOfChildren	2 →
occupation	aerospace engineer → astronaut → business executive → test pilot →
placeOfBirth	Gary, Indiana, United States →
placeOfDeath	Billings, Montana, United States →
positionHeld	Chairman of Eastern Air Lines → Chief Executive Officer of Eastern Air Lines → Commander of Apollo 8 → President of Eastern Air Lines →
religion	Protestantism →
residence	Montana, United States NERFINISHED →
retiredFromNASA	1970 →
retiredFromUSAF	1970s →
selectedAsAstronaut	1962 →
serviceNumber	United States Air Force officer →
spaceFlightTime	19 days 21 hours 35 minutes →
spaceMission	Apollo 8 → Gemini 7 →
spouse	Susan Borman NERFINISHED →
wasCommanderOf	Apollo 8 →
wasPilotOf	Gemini 7 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Apollo 8 →	commander
Apollo 8 →	crewMember
Frank Borman ("Frank Frederick Borman II") →	fullName
United States Air Force Test Pilot School →	hasAlumni