HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Frank Borman — a former NASA astronaut Col. who commandeered the Apollo 8 to the moon — has died at the age of 95. Borman died on Nov. 7 in Billings ...

Frank Borman, commander of Apollo 8, wrote in his autobiography, "The NASA of more recent years got the idea that you could put almost any highly intelligent person into a spacecraft and qualify ...

Commander Frank Borman: "I said 'no' a lot ... Borman: "I think the reason that it became spiritual, that Apollo 8 may have become spiritual, is because we read from Genesis, and I'd like to ...

The Apollo 8 crew in training at the Flight Acceleration Facility. Borman is on the right. Credit: NASA Borman had long appeared destined for spaceflight greatness. "Frank began his career as an ...

Born Oct. 17, 1933, in Hong Kong, Anders was the pilot for Apollo 8. With astronauts Frank Borman and Lovell, Anders received ...

On his triumphant tour of Europe last month, Apollo 8 Astronaut Frank Borman amused his audiences by insisting that he, James Lovell and William Anders were older than they would have been had ...

As Apollo 8 emerged from the far side on its fourth orbit, crew commander Frank Borman rolled the spacecraft so as to position its antennas for radio contact with mission control. Looking to the ...

50 years ago this Christmas, three Nasa astronauts; Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders became the first people to orbit the Moon. At the time, the Apollo 8 mission was hailed as the greatest ...

There is plenty of human interest as well. We get to know Anders, Frank Borman and James Lovell — the crew of Apollo 8 — as individuals, from boyhood on. Marcus tracks how the American space ...

(The three astronauts from Apollo 8. Photo: Nasa) In December 1968, Anders, along with crewmates Frank Borman and Jim Lovell lifted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida atop a Saturn V, before ...

If W. Ray Persons weren’t a skilled litigator, he’d be an astronaut — specifically Frank Borman, commander of Apollo 8. To Ray, Frank embodies magnanimity through leadership, integrity, courage, ...