Biographies of U.S. Astronauts
BormanFrank Frederick IIUSA |
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 14.03.1928 |
| Birthplace: | Gary, Indiana |
| Marital status: | widowed |
| Children: | two |
| Selection date: | 17.09.1962 |
| Selection group: | NASA-2 |
| Position: | CDR |
| Status: | Ret. 01.07.1970 |
| Day of death: | 07.11.2023 |
| Place of death: | Billings, Montana |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | Gemini 7 | Command Pilot | 04.12. - 18.12.1965 | 13d 18h 35m |
| 2 | Apollo 8 | CDR | 21.12. - 27.12.1968 | 6d 03h 00m |
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| Total | 19d 21h 35m | |||
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Backup assignments
| No. | Mission | Position |
| 1 | Gemini 4 | Command Pilot |
Additional information
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Bachelor of science from the U.S. Military
Academy, West Point, 1950; master of science in aeronautical engineering from
CalTech, Pasadena, 1957; Colonel,
USAF,
Ret.; 1961 selected as Military Astronaut - Class 1; resigned from
NASA on 01.07.1970 to join "Eastern Airlines" as
chairman, later as President; as next he was 1988 chairman of Patlex Corp.,
Chatsworch, California; he later lived in New Mexico and restored
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