News Frank Borman, astronaut who led first flight to the moon, dies at 95

[Kyle_E]

Frank Borman, Apollo 8 astronaut who led first flight to the moon, dies at 95

Former NASA astronaut Frank Borman, who in 1968 led the first mission to fly humans to the moon, has died. A member of NASA's second class of astronauts, Borman lifted off twice into space: on the two-week Gemini 7 mission in 1965 and Apollo 8 into lunar orbit.

www.collectspace.com

And another one is gone.

 

[LadyCroussette]

Noo not again!

 

[Andy632]

The amazing longevity of the Apollo 8 crew... One of them had to go eventually but it's still gutting to hear. Borman was a brilliant character. I didn't always agree with his opinions on things. Regardless he was one of the greats of human spaceflight.

 

[gamer19]

another legend gone

a true american hero.
a man who actually decline to be the first man on the Moon.
one of a kind I guess

it'll be forever mystery who actually took that "Earthrise" now
rip colonel

 

[MarkWatney2015]

Humanity should go back to the Moon (whether it is Artemis or the Chinese-led project) before all the Apollo astronauts are gone forever

 

[GLS]

it'll be forever mystery who actually took that "Earthrise" now

Anders did.

 

[N_Molson]

 

[N_Molson]

The amazing longevity of the Apollo 8 crew... One of them had to go eventually but it's still gutting to hear. Borman was a brilliant character. I didn't always agree with his opinions on things. Regardless he was one of the greats of human spaceflight.

The overall longevity of the Apollo astronauts tend to suggest that, given the limited duration of the missions they flew, being outside of Earth's protective magnetosphere wasn't such a big deal.