Borman

Frank Frederick II

USA

International order nº: 27

US astr. nº: 16

Personal data:

Birthdate:	14 Mar 1928
Birthplace:	Gary / Indiana
Marital status:	married
Children:	two
Selection date:	11 Sep 1962
Selection group:	NASA-2
Job:	CDR
Status:	Ret. 01 Jul 1970
Date of death:	07 November 2023
Place of death:	Billings, Montana/td>

Member of the first expedition around the Moon (Apollo-8).

Spaceflights:

Ord. num.	Startup spacecraft	Date and time of launch (UT)	Status while launch	Spacecraft of landing	Date and time of landing (UT)	Duration
1	Gemini-7	19h.30m.04s. Dec 04, 1965	Cdr	Gemini-7	14h.05m.05s. Dec 18, 1965	13d.18h.35m.01s.
2	Apollo-8	12h.51m.00s. Dec 21, 1968	Cdr	Apollo-8	15h.51m.42s. Dec 27, 1968	6d.03h.00m.42s.
Total duration:						19d 21h 35m 43s.

Backup assignments:

No.	Mission	Job	Date
1	Gemini 4	CDR

Additional information

Master of science in aeronautical engineering from CalTech, Pasadena, 1957;
Colonel USAF, Ret.; 1961 selected as Military Astronaut - Class 1 ; resigned from NASA on 01.07.1970 to join "Eastern Airlines as chairman, later as President; as next he was 1988 chairman of Patlex Corp., Chatsworch, California; he lives now in New Mexico and restores airplanes.

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