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Frank Borman
Sign in to saveAlso known as Frank Frederick Borman, II, Frank Frederick Borman II, Frank Borman II, Frank F. Borman II
American astronaut (1928–2023)
OverviewAI-generated
Frank Frederick Borman II (1928–2023) was an American test pilot, astronaut, and autobiographer. Born in Gary, he served as a colonel in the United States Air Force and was employed by NASA as a member of Astronaut Group 2. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross, Harmon Trophy, and Congressional Space Medal of Honor, and was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame. Borman was also a member of the Académie de l'air et de l'espace.
He was educated at the United States Military Academy, California Institute of Technology, the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, and Harvard Business School. Borman spent 28,655 units of time in space. He authored works including *Countdown* and *U.S. prisoners of war in Southeast Asia*. He died in Billings.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1928
- Works
- 3
Top works
- In the beginning God ...
- Countdown
- U.S. prisoners of war in Southeast Asia
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1928
- Active to
- 2023
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 41
- Total plays
- 68
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The SILVA ribosomal RNA gene database project: improved data processing and web-based tools
· 2012 · cited 29,190x
- Intermolecular interactions from a natural bond orbital, donor-acceptor viewpoint
· 1988 · cited 16,698x
- Accurate normalization of real-time quantitative RT-PCR data by geometric averaging of multiple internal control genes
· 2002 · cited 16,050x
- The american rheumatism association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis
· 1988 · cited 15,809x
- NMRPipe: A multidimensional spectral processing system based on UNIX pipes
· 1995 · cited 13,863x
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Quotes
- “When you're finally up at the moon looking back on earth, all those differences and nationalistic traits are pretty well going to blend, and you're going to get a concept that maybe this really is one world and why the hell can't we learn to live together like decent people.”
- “"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.”
- “Give us, O God, the vision which can see Your love in the world in spite of human failure.Give us the faith to trust Your goodness in spite of our ignorance and weakness.Give us the knowledge that we may continue to pray with understanding hearts.And show us what each one of us can do to set forward the coming of the day of universal peace.”
- “Capitalism without bankruptcy is like Christianity without hell.”
- “A superior pilot uses his superior judgment to avoid situations which require the use of his superior skill.”
- “The Earth was the only thing in the world — in the universe — that had any color. Everything else was black and white but the earth was beautiful blue and white and brownish continents. That was the most impressive sight for me of the entire flight.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
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Encyclopedic overview
Frank Frederick Borman II (March 14, 1928 – November 7, 2023) was an American United States Air Force (USAF) colonel, aeronautical engineer, NASA astronaut, test pilot, and businessman. He was the commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon, and together with crewmates Jim Lovell and William Anders, became the first of 28 humans to do so, for which he was awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
Four days before he graduated with the West Point Class of 1950, in which he was ranked eighth out of 670, Borman was commissioned in the USAF. He qualified as a fighter pilot and served in the Philippines. He earned a Master of Science degree at Caltech in 1957, and then became an assistant professor of thermodynamics and fluid mechanics at West Point. In 1960, he was selected for Class 60-C at the USAF Experimental Flight Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base in California and qualified as a test pilot. On graduation, he was accepted as one of five students in the first class at the Aerospace Research Pilot School.
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