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.

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.

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.

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.

Frank Borman commanded two early NASA missions including Apollo 8, the first to orbit the moon. He was a no-nonsense astronaut known for his keen attention to detail and duty to country.

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, astronaut who commanded Apollo 8, the first crewed mission around the moon, dies By Eryn Brown The Washington Post,Updated November 9, 2023, 7:25 p.m.

Former NASA astronaut Frank Borman, who commanded Apollo 8's historic Christmas 1968 flight, which circled the moon 10 times, has died at 95.