One of the first people to ever see the far side of the moon is dead. American astronaut Frank Borman, who led the ‘Apollo 8’ mission in December 1968, died on Tuesday at the age of 95, the space agency NASA announced on Thursday. .
During the mission, Borman’s colleague William Anders created the still famous image “Earthrise” (Earthrise, photo below), which shows the Earth as a rising crescent above the lunar surface. Borman was “one of NASA’s finest,” said NASA chief Bill Nelson, adding, “His lifelong love of aviation and research was exceeded only by his love for his wife Susan.”
Borman was born in 1928 in the US state of Indiana and initially trained as a fighter pilot for the US Air Force. After years as a jet pilot, he became an assistant professor of thermodynamics at West Point Military Academy in upstate New York.
Was one of the pioneers of space travel
However, he became world famous as one of the pioneers of space travel. In 1965, Borman and his future Apollo 8 companion Jim Lovell spent a record 14 days in space during the Gemini 7 space mission.
After ending his career at NASA in July 1970, Borman became chairman of the American airline Eastern Airlines.
Source: Krone
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