The crew of the Apollo 8 spacecraft, led by Borman, reached the Moon’s orbit for the first time in human history. The ship completed 10 laps, after which the crew returned to Earth.
For 40-year-old Bormann, it was his second space flight. The astronaut obtained his pilot’s license at age 15, served in the U.S. Air Force in the Philippines, earned a master’s degree from the California Institute of Technology and was an assistant professor of fluid thermodynamics and aerodynamics at the United States Military Academy, where he previously graduated eighth among 670 graduates.
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In 1960, he qualified for the test pilot school and was accepted into the second group of astronauts. In 1966, he completed a 14-day spaceflight aboard Gemini 7, which made its first orbital encounter with another manned spacecraft, Gemini 6A. In 1967, he participated in the commission investigating the fire of the Apollo 1 spacecraft, in which three people died during preparations for space flight.
After retiring from his astronaut career, he served as vice president, president and chairman of the board of directors of Eastern Airlines. After leaving the company employing 38,000 employees became the owner of a car repair shop in New Mexico. At the age of 70, he bought a ranch in Montana, where he lived until his death.
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