HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Frank Borman — a former NASA astronaut Col. who commandeered the Apollo 8 to the moon — has died at the age of 95. Borman died on Nov. 7 in Billings ...

Frank Borman, commander of Apollo 8, wrote in his autobiography, "The NASA of more recent years got the idea that you could put almost any highly intelligent person into a spacecraft and qualify ...

Commander Frank Borman: "I said 'no' a lot ... Borman: "I think the reason that it became spiritual, that Apollo 8 may have become spiritual, is because we read from Genesis, and I'd like to ...

On his triumphant tour of Europe last month, Apollo 8 Astronaut Frank Borman amused his audiences by insisting that he, James Lovell and William Anders were older than they would have been had ...

As Apollo 8 emerged from the far side on its fourth orbit, crew commander Frank Borman rolled the spacecraft so as to position its antennas for radio contact with mission control. Looking to the ...

50 years ago this Christmas, three Nasa astronauts; Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders became the first people to orbit the Moon. At the time, the Apollo 8 mission was hailed as the greatest ...

(The three astronauts from Apollo 8. Photo: Nasa) In December 1968, Anders, along with crewmates Frank Borman and Jim Lovell lifted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida atop a Saturn V, before ...

If W. Ray Persons weren’t a skilled litigator, he’d be an astronaut — specifically Frank Borman, commander of Apollo 8. To Ray, Frank embodies magnanimity through leadership, integrity, courage, ...

Nearly 50 years have passed since NASA's Apollo 8 mission orbited the moon for the first time in history. On December 21, 1968, astronauts Frank Borman, William Anders, and James Lovell left the ...

November 11-15, 1966 - Serves as the commander of Gemini 12, with pilot Buzz Aldrin. December 21-27, 1968 - Along with crewmen Borman and William Anders, Lovell serves as command module pilot of ...