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Frank Borman (born March 14, 1928) was a NASA
astronaut, best remembered as one of the three
crewmembers of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly
around the Moon.

Borman was born in Gary, Indiana, and started to
fly at the age of 15. He graduated from the United
States Military Academy in 1950, and joined the
U.S. Air Force thereafter. He was selected for the
second NASA astronaut group in 1962.

His first spaceflight was Gemini 7 in 1965,
highlighted by the first space rendezvous with
Gemini 6A. His most significant flight was as
commander of the Apollo 8 mission in December
1968. The mission was originally planned as a
Saturn V powered 'Large Earth Orbit' mission to
test tracking and communication, but it was
changed into the first lunar orbit mission in
NASA's (successful) attempt to land a man on the
moon before the end of 1969.

Borman retired from NASA and the Air Force in
1970, becoming special advisor to Eastern
Airlines. He rose in the ranks of Eastern,
becoming CEO in December 1975. The airline
business underwent many changes in the late 1970s,
and Eastern did well under Borman, reporting the
four most profitable years in company history
during his tenure. Borman retired from Eastern in
1986.

Borman currently enjoys rebuilding and flying
airplanes from World War II and the Korean era. 
His current favorite airplane is a dual control
TF-51 Mustang.

== Trivia ==
* In Indiana, Interstates Interstate 80|80 and
Interstate 94|94 combine for several miles to form
the Interstate 80|Frank Borman Expressway.
* Frank Borman was played in the HBO miniseries
From the Earth to the Moon (HBO)|From the Earth to
the Moon by David Andrews (actor)|David Andrews.

== Reference ==
*Countdown: An Autobiography of Frank Borman, ISBN
0688079296

== External link ==
*http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/borman-f.ht
ml Official NASA biography