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Apollo Astronaut Frank Borman dead at 95
CNN ^ | 9 Nov 2023 | Joe Sutton

Posted on 11/09/2023 6:02:25 PM PST by Rummyfan

Apollo astronaut Col. Frank Borman has died in Billings, Montana, NASA announced. He was 95.

“Today we remember one of NASA’s best. Astronaut Frank Borman was a true American hero. Among his many accomplishments, he served as the commander of the Apollo 8 mission, humanity’s first mission around the Moon in 1968,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson Thursday in a statement. “In addition to his critical role as commander of the Apollo 8 mission, he is a veteran of Gemini 7, spending 14 days in low-Earth orbit and conducting the first rendezvous in space, coming within a few feet of the Gemini 6 spacecraft.”

Borman died November 7, according to the statement.

In 1967, Borman was a member of the Apollo 204 review board, which investigated a fire that killed three astronauts on Apollo I, according to NASA’s short biography. Borman would later lead the team that reengineered the Apollo spacecraft.

Borman continued his aviation work following his NASA career as the CEO of Eastern Airlines, according to the statement.

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KEYWORDS: apollo; apollo8; astronaut; frankborman; frankbormanobit; nasa
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To: Rummyfan

Frank Borman

And God said, Let the waters under the heaven 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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_8_Genesis_reading

Frank Borman
NASA astro*naut*
Rank Colonel, United States Air Force

RIP

Fair winds and following seas.


21 posted on 11/09/2023 6:58:10 PM PST by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️, aka every man)
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To: HighSierra5
One of the greatest Americans. I still miss Niel.

GEORGE: (smiling) Uh, hi. Uhm, remember me? I..I'm the guy who looks like Neil?

DANIELLE: (smiling back) Hi.

GEORGE: Huh-Hi. (looks around a little) Uhm, is Neil here?

DANIELLE: Oh, no. He got held up at work.

GEORGE: Oh, that's too bad. I kinda wanted to meet him, seeing as how we look so similar.

DANIELLE: Well, you know, you don't look that much like him.

GEORGE: (disappointment) Oh. Course not.

DANIELLE: No, you're a little taller.

George looks ever more bewildered.

DANIELLE: You look like you're in better shape than Neil. Do you work out?

GEORGE: (smiling) Listen, I..I..I don't mean to seem forward...

Danielle looks like she thinks George is hitting on her, and she's not against the idea.

GEORGE: ...but is there any way that I could possibly have Neil's phone number?
22 posted on 11/09/2023 6:58:15 PM PST by Old Yeller
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To: Clemenza

The Eastern Airlines Mechanics took the Pilots and Flight Attendants and the airline to its grave.
Frank Borman, speaking about the dolt that the mechanics forced on the Board of Directors, said, “he’s a nice guy but he knows NOTHING about the airline business!”
That was the death of Eastern. Not Frank Borman’s fault, at all.
Union’s thinking they are the strength is the killer, for both company and employees.

Was Charlie Bryant the goon on the Board of Directors??


23 posted on 11/09/2023 7:04:27 PM PST by BatGuano (2020 = Stolen Election. Believe it! Molon Labe.)
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To: dfwgator

RIP Rocket man.


24 posted on 11/09/2023 7:07:26 PM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a conspiracy theory in ‘20 is now fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
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To: Jane Long
The mission patch


25 posted on 11/09/2023 7:14:46 PM PST by xp38
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To: xp38

Very nice!

I see it on his uniform, upthread. Great to see a larger, color version.

Thx!


26 posted on 11/09/2023 7:17:09 PM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a conspiracy theory in ‘20 is now fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
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To: Rummyfan

I lived for years in NM, near Las Cruces.
Frank Borman owned the local Ford dealership in Las Cruces.

It was interesting to buy a car from one of the first guys to go to the moon.


27 posted on 11/09/2023 7:25:56 PM PST by Bobalu (I can’t even feign surprise anymore.)
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To: algore

Well, there was a real connection.

Barbara was born in Tucson, and Frank grew up there.

So Tucson can at least say it’s responsible for two of the best looking people in the astronaut program. Or maybe “associated” with it in her case...


28 posted on 11/09/2023 7:29:07 PM PST by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: Ezekiel

High Flight
BY JOHN GILLESPIE MAGEE JR.

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
of sun-split clouds,—and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of—wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air ....

Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark nor ever eagle flew—
And, while with silent lifting mind I’ve trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.


29 posted on 11/09/2023 7:34:52 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Rummyfan

Rest In Peace, Frank.


30 posted on 11/09/2023 7:38:44 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Rummyfan

Years ago, a guy in Omaha got a judgement against Borman’s Eastern Airlines. He took the judgement along with a deputy and waited for a plane to get loaded and then had the deputy serve the papers taking possession of the airplane to satisfy the judgement. It was only a couple hundred bucks but the gate folks didn’t know what to do so they called Eastern HQ. Story was they had to get Borman out of a meeting to approve the payment even though they had a plane full of passengers waiting on the tarmac.


31 posted on 11/09/2023 7:55:21 PM PST by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican
Too bad the country accelerated it's trajectory downward in the 60's...
32 posted on 11/09/2023 8:05:30 PM PST by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
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To: Rummyfan

bkmk 7


33 posted on 11/09/2023 8:10:18 PM PST by linMcHlp
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To: linMcHlp

BFL


34 posted on 11/09/2023 8:14:19 PM PST by Laslo Fripp (Semper Fidelis)
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To: Rummyfan
he served as the commander of the Apollo 8 mission, humanity’s first mission around the Moon Yeah, sure he did. Somehow, he went through that radiation belt with no problem
35 posted on 11/09/2023 8:15:16 PM PST by roving (👌⚓Deplorable Listless Vessel with Trumpitist who looks Trumpish)
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To: Rummyfan

Wow. I just finished reading the book “Far Side of the Moon” about a week ago.

R.I.P., Frank.

He’s with his beloved Susan now.


36 posted on 11/09/2023 8:17:04 PM PST by Allegra (Stop the Zeepers from Censoring FReepers)
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To: Rummyfan
It was an exciting time during the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs. From Apollo 8 as Borman, Lovell, & Anders orbited the moon on Christmas Eve 1968:

Excerpt of the reading from Genesis, Chapter 1, Verses 1-10

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37 posted on 11/09/2023 8:20:15 PM PST by twister881
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To: RckyRaCoCo

Tragic.


38 posted on 11/09/2023 8:26:33 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: Rummyfan

RIP Colonel Borman. With his passing, that makes Jim Lovell the oldest living person to have flown in space.


39 posted on 11/09/2023 8:29:56 PM PST by NCC-1701 ((You have your fear, which might become reality; and you have Godzilla, which IS reality.))
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To: Rummyfan

Why do you link to CNN? Every click on the website puts money in CNN’s pocket.


40 posted on 11/09/2023 8:32:38 PM PST by Labyrinthos
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