Frank Borman Biography and Timeline

Gemini VII

During the flight of Gemini VII, American astronauts Frank Borman and James A. Lovell set a duration record of fourteen days in Earth-orbit that holds for five years

Apollo 204 Review

Serves on the review board investigating the Apollo 1 fire.

Role range: 1967-1967

Apollo 8 Translunar Injection

Commands Apollo 8 as the Saturn V third stage sends the crew from Earth orbit toward the Moon.

Role range: 1968-1968

Apollo 8

Commands Apollo 8 on the first crewed flight to the Moon.

Role range: 1968-1968

Apollo 8 Christmas Eve Broadcast

Participates in the Christmas Eve television broadcast from lunar orbit and closes the crew's message to Earth.

Role range: 1968-1968

Apollo 8 First Lunar Far-Side Passage

Commands Apollo 8 as the crew passes behind the Moon and loses radio contact with Earth.

Role range: 1968-1968

Apollo 8 Lunar Orbit Circularization

Commands the second lunar-orbit insertion burn, circularizing Apollo 8's orbit around the Moon.

Role range: 1968-1968

Apollo 8 Lunar Orbit Insertion

Commands the burn that places Apollo 8 into lunar orbit.

Role range: 1968-1968

Earthrise Mission

Commands the crew that first sees Earthrise from lunar orbit.

Role range: 1968-1968

Christmas Eve Television Broadcast

Leads a worldwide Christmas Eve television broadcast from lunar orbit.

Role range: 1968-1968

Apollo 8 Trans-Earth Injection

Commands the engine burn that sends Apollo 8 out of lunar orbit toward Earth.

Role range: 1968-1968

Apollo 8 Reentry

Commands Apollo 8 through Earth reentry before splashdown in the Pacific.

Role range: 1968-1968