Borman, Frank
| Name |
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| Birthname | Frank Frederick Borman II | ||||
| born on | 14 March 1928 at 19:30 (= 7:30 PM ) | ||||
| Place | Gary, Indiana, 41n36, 87w21 | ||||
| Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   24°14'   28°57 Asc. 13°48'
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Biography
American astronaut who was a USAF fighter pilot from 1951 to 1953, Assistant Professor of Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics at West Point from 1957 to 1960 and a Test pilot at the USAF Aerospace School from 1960 to 1962. He was Commander of the Gemini 7 spacecraft on 4 December 1965 and Commander of Apollo 8 on 21 December 1968. Borman retired from the USAF as a colonel in July 1970 to become vice-president of Eastern Airlines. Borman retired from Eastern in June 1986. Following John Glenn's death in December 2016, Borman became the oldest living American astronaut.
Relationships
- compare to chart of Space: Apollo 8 (Launch) (born 21 December 1968). Notes: Crew member, Commander
Events
- Work : New Career 1951 (USAF fighter pilot)
- Work : New Career 1957 (Professor)
- Work : New Job 1960 (Test pilot for USAF)
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield provided birth certificate from Indiana Archives.
Steinbrecher quotes same data from B.C. in hand.
Categories
- Vocation : Business : Top executive (V-P of Eastern Airlines)
- Vocation : Education : Teacher (Professor at West Point)
- Vocation : Military : Military career (USAF)
- Vocation : Travel : Astronaut
- Vocation : Travel : Pilot/ military
- Notable : Famous : First in Field (Oldest living American astronaut, 2016-)
- Notable : Famous : Historic figure (Astronaut)
Categories:
- 1928 births
- Birthday 14 March
- Birthplace Gary, IN (US)
- Sun 24 Pisces
- Moon 28 Sagittarius
- Asc 13 Libra
- Vocation : Business : Top executive
- Vocation : Education : Teacher
- Vocation : Military : Military career
- Vocation : Travel : Astronaut
- Vocation : Travel : Pilot/ military
- Notable : Famous : First in Field
- Notable : Famous : Historic figure
