Frank Borman
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Frank Frederick Borman II was an American United States Air Force colonel, aeronautical engineer, NASA astronaut, test pilot, and businessman. He was the commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fl
Borman in 1964
To acquaint Aerospace Research Pilot School students with some of the techniques of space flight, three F-104s were fitted with rocket motors and reaction controls for use beyond the atmosphere.
Borman (right) is joined for breakfast before the Gemini 7 mission by fellow astronauts
Gemini 7, as seen from Gemini 6
Project Gemini
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Project Gemini was the second United States human spaceflight program to fly. It was conducted after the first American crewed space program, Project Mercury, while the Apollo program was still in ear
A cutaway illustration of the Gemini spacecraft. The Adapter module in white, the Reentry module in grey
Gemini 7 capsule
Unablated Gemini heat shield
Ablated Gemini heat shield