Frank Borman, the commander of Apollo 8 who led the first mission to orbit the moon in 1968, has died at the age of 95. Borman and his crew paved the way for space exploration.

BILLINGS, Mont. — 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.

BILLINGS, Mont. — Former NASA astronaut Frank Borman, who commanded Apollo 8’s historic Christmas 1968 flight, which circled the moon 10 times and paved the way for the lunar landing the ...

Apollo astronaut Frank Borman, 92, pilots his T-34 Mentor in Billings, Mont. Borman, who commanded Apollo 8’s historic Christmas 1968 flight that circled the moon 10 times and paved the way for ...

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.

Former NASA astronaut Frank Borman, who in 1968 led the first mission to fly humans to the moon, has died. Borman lifted off twice: on the Gemini 7 mission in 1965 and Apollo 8 into lunar orbit.

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.

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.

When it came time for Borman to go to space again, NASA internally estimated the mission had a 50-50 chance of success. Borman’s wife and children did not come to see him launch off in the Apollo 8.