Frank Frederick Borman, II (born March 14, 1928) is a retired NASA astronaut, best remembered as the Commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon, making him, along with crew mates Jim Lovell and Bill Anders, the first of only 24 humans to do so. Before flying on Apollo, he set a fourteen-day spaceflight endurance record on Gemini 7, and also served on the NASA review board which investigated the Apollo 1 fire. After leaving NASA, he was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Eastern Air Lines from 1975 to 1986. Borman is a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. In the 1998 HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon, Borman was played by David Andrews.
California Institute of Technology, United States Military Academy, Tucson High Magnet School
Nationality
American
Spouse
Susan Borman
Children
Edwin Borman, Frederick Borman
Awards
Hubbard Medal
TV Shows
Rocket Science
Star Sign
Pisces
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Quote
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Exploration really is the essence of the human spirit, and to pause, to falter, to turn our back on the quest for knowledge, is to perish.
2
And God said, let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear, and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas, and God saw that it was good. And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas - and God bless all of you, all of you on the good Earth.
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It's a vast, lonely, forbidding expanse of nothing ... rather like clouds and clouds of pumice stone. And it certainly does not appear to be a very inviting place to live or work. [Message from Apollo 8 during the first manned orbit of the Moon, Christmas day, 1968]
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We have company tonight. [Message from Gemini 7 on sighting Gemini 6 before they became the first two spacecraft to rendezvous in space, December 1965]
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Fact
1
Has two sons, Frederick and Edwin, and four grandchildren.
2
A veteran of two spaceflights, Gemini 7 and Apollo 8. On Gemini 7 he flew with Jim Lovell for a duration record of 14 days and rendezvoused with Gemini 6. On Apollo 8 he again flew with Jim Lovell and Bill Anders becoming the first men to leave earth orbit and circle the moon. They made a memorable Christmas Eve television broadcast showing the lunar surface and reading from the first chapter of Genesis.
3
After flying for NASA he became CEO and spokesman for Eastern Airlines.
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
American Experience
2005
TV Series documentary footage and photos courtesy of - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Moon Shot
1994
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Astronaut
Spaceflight
1985
TV Series documentary
Himself
V.I.P.-Schaukel
1978
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Mike Douglas Show
1974-1976
TV Series
Himself - Former Astronaut / Himself - Ex Astronaut
The Dick Cavett Show
1971
TV Series
Himself - Guest
En direct de...
1968
TV Series documentary
Himself / Apollo 8 Astronaut
Horizon
1966
TV Series documentary
Himself
Moonbug
2010
Documentary
The Apollo Years
2009
Video
Himself
When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions
2008-2009
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself / Himself - Apollo 8 / Himself - Gemini 7
NASA: Triumph and Tragedy
2009
TV Series documentary
Himself - Apollo 8
Moon Machines
2008
TV Series documentary
Himself
American Experience
2005
TV Series documentary
Himself - Apollo 8 Astronaut
Project Gemini: A Bridge to the Moon
2003
Video documentary
Himself
The Restorers
2003
Documentary
Himself
Rocket Science
2002
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Century
1999
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself (segment "First Step")
Turning Point
1996
TV Series documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Duels
2016
TV Series documentary
Himself - Président Directeur Général d'Eastern Airlines
The Sixties
2014
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself - US Astronaut
The Saturn V Story
2014
Documentary
Moon Machines
2008
TV Series documentary
Himself
UFO: The Greatest Story Ever Denied
2006
Video documentary
Himself
Failure Is Not an Option
2003
TV Movie documentary
Himself
For All Mankind
1989
Documentary
Himself
The Rock 'n' Roll Years
1986
TV Series
Himself
Known for movies
Moon Shot (1994) as Himself - Astronaut
When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions (2008-2009) as Himself / Himself - Apollo 8 / Himself - Gemini 7
$12 Million
