[Rummyfan]

RIP Frank Borman.

[Clemenza]

Poor guy like Frank Lorenzo after him, had to deal with Charlie Bryant as his Union goon nemesis at Eastern Airlines.

[HighSierra5]

One of the greatest Americans. I still miss Niel.

[Gay State Conservative]

The Greatest Generation

[lee martell]

Well, I’ll be! Just last week, an 87 y/o former Astronaut died, just like that! He too was relatively unknown by the general public. Makes you wonder if something’s going on! (sarc)

[xp38]

One has to be of a certain age to know who he was. Current youths would have no idea. Borman Lovell Anders....Apollo 8 Christmas orbiting the moon

[Rummyfan]

Another more in-depth report here:

Frank Borman, Astronaut Who Led First Orbit of the Moon, Dies at 95

Frank Borman led his fellow astronauts James A. Lovell Jr. and William A. Anders to the launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center for the Apollo 8 mission in December 1968.Credit...NASA

Neil Armstrong and Mr. Borman at a news conference in 1962, when NASA introduced its new astronauts.

[cyclotic]

Thanks for posting. My son works at NASA. He usually beats me to the punch on space news.

[tomkat]

Apollo 8 was incredible, gutsy, bold, and on and on.

I’ve always admired you Colonel Borman .. may you rest in peace in the unknown beyond.

[isthisnickcool]

That’s a real man….

[dadfly]

He was an exemplar of the America I got to come of age in. i remember the coverage of his flights like it was yesterday. truly amazing and inspiring for a young teen. all of a sudden, the moon was right there. RIP and well done Col. Borman. God’s speed.

[slouper]

RIP FB

[algore]

these are the only astronauts I remember

other than the ones that randomly showed up at my house wanting stuff.

[HYPOCRACY]

RIP legend.

[usafa92]

There are still 8 Apollo astronauts alive, Aldrin, Scott, Schmitt, Duke, Lovell, Anders, Stafford and Haise.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

What a great and exciting time it was for our country because of men such as Frank Borman.

RIP.

[Ezekiel]

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.

[Jane Long]

RIP Rocket man.

[Bobalu]

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.

[No name given]

Rest In Peace, Frank.

[Mean Daddy]

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.