Tucson legends: Frank Borman
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Frank Borman, well-known astronaut who went to the moon 50 years ago in Apollo 8, though he didn't get to land there, grew up in Tucson.
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Frank Borman, January, 1966.
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Retired NASA astronaut Frank Borman speaks with children from Mission Manor Elementary School Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, in Tucson, Ariz. about his trips to space. Col. Borman served as commander of the Gemini 7 and Apollo 8 missions in the 1960s. (Mike Christy / for the Arizona Daily Star)
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This Lunar Sample was given to astronaut Frank Borman, who led the first team of American astronauts to leave Earth's orbit and circle the Moon on Apollo 8, by Astronaut and Senior NASA representative Mark Polansky, during Pima Air & Space Museum's 30th anniversary celebration, Monday May 8, 2006 in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by James S. Wood Arizona Daily Star
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Trevor Stramler, 4, shakes the hand of astronaut Frank Borman, who led the first team of American astornauts to leave Earth's orbit and circle the Moon on Apollo 8, while trevor's parents Edward Stramler, and Kerrie Stramler, look on during Pima Air & Space Museum's 30th anniversary celebration, Monday May 8, 2006 in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by James S. Wood Arizona Daily Star
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Retired NASA astronaut Frank Borman signs fifth-grader Derek Contreras' arm Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 in Tucson, Ariz. after speaking with students from Mission Manor Elementary School about his trips to space. Col. Borman served as commander of the Gemini 7 and Apollo 8 missions in the 1960s. (Mike Christy / for the Arizona Daily Star)
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Photo taken Jan. 10, 1966.
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Astronaut Frank Borman is an old Tucson High Badger. He was a quarterback on the championship football team of 1946 and was made an honorary member of the championship Badger team of 1965 yesterday at Tucson ceremonies hailing his epic space flight. But up to yesterday Borman had never seen a live Badger. He was introduced to this badger by Hal Gras of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum staff. Photo taken Jan. 10, 1966.
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Astronaut Frank Borman presents an Arizona flag that "may not be the biggest, but surely has traveled the farthest" to Gov. Sam Goddard. Norman had carried the flag with him on his two-week Gemini 7 space voyage.
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Tucson astronaut Frank Borman and Frank Mendez hold Tucson High School's 1965 championship game football yesterday which the spaceman signed after being named an honorary team member. Mendez played linebacker for the THS grid squad. Mendez drew laughter from the University of Arizona stadium audience when he said Borman signed the ball "to encourage other THS graduates to attain the heights you have reached."
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Left to right: Frank Borman, commander of 3-man Apollo 8 crew, William A. Anders and James A. Lovell, Jr., Dec. 21, 1968. They will attempt an orbital flight around the moon during the Christmas holidays. (AP Photo)
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Astronaut Frank Borman in commanderΓs seat during mission of Apollo 8 in Shuttle simulator in an undated photo. (AP Photo)
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President Richard Nixon ushers Frank Borman to a White House microphone in Washington, on Jan. 30, 1969 after announcing that the moon-circling astronaut and his family will make an eight-nation goodwill tour of Western Europe. Wither them are the other two Apollo 8 astronauts are James Lovell, and William Anders, right. The Borman's will leave Sunday for visits to Great Britain, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, West Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal. (AP Photo/ Harvey Georges )
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A December 1968 file photo picture shows the Apollo 8 crew, from left: commander Frank Borman, command modul pilot James A. Lovell, Jr., and lunar module pilot William A. Anders. Dec. 21, 2008 sees the 40th anniversary of the launch of the Apollo 8 mission bringing Mission Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot James Lovell and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders as the first humans ever to another celestial body. The mission during which the Apollo 8 crew became the first humans to see the far side of the Moon, paved the way for later missions including Apollo 11 to land the first man on the Moon in 1969. (AP Photo/Stf, File)
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Astronaut Frank Borman, left, with astronaut James Lovell, right, as they move into their space capsule for lift off of Gemini 7, 14 day flight on Dec. 4, 1965. (AP Photo)
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Rollin Gridley (right) and Frank Borman, January 10, 1966. Star file photo by Jack Sheaffer.
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Astronaut Frank Borman waves during a parade in his honor Jan. 10, 1966 in Tucson. Photo by Jim Stith/Jack Sheaffer Studios.
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Retired astronaut Col. Frank Borman poses on the wing of his 1944 vintage P-51 Mustang Sunday, Dec. 20, 1998, in his hanger at the Las Cruces International Airport in New Mexico. Borman, now 70, was one of three astronauts on the Apollo 8 mission that flew around the moon Dec. 21, 1968. Monday marks the 30th anniversary of the launch of that mission. (AP Photo/Dale Fulkerson)
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Retired NASA astronaut Frank Borman signs fifth-grader Angelita MuΓ±oz's arm Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 in Tucson, Ariz. after speaking with students from Mission Manor Elementary School about his trips to space. (Mike Christy / for the Arizona Daily Star)
Frank Borman
- Mike Christy / for the Arizona Daily Star
Retired NASA astronaut Frank Borman speaks with children from Mission Manor Elementary School Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, in Tucson, Ariz. about his trips to space. Col. Borman served as commander of the Gemini 7 and Apollo 8 missions in the 1960s. (Mike Christy / for the Arizona Daily Star)
Frank Borman
- James S. Wood / Arizona Daily Star
This Lunar Sample was given to astronaut Frank Borman, who led the first team of American astronauts to leave Earth's orbit and circle the Moon on Apollo 8, by Astronaut and Senior NASA representative Mark Polansky, during Pima Air & Space Museum's 30th anniversary celebration, Monday May 8, 2006 in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by James S. Wood Arizona Daily Star
Frank Borman
- James S. Wood / Arizona Daily Star
Trevor Stramler, 4, shakes the hand of astronaut Frank Borman, who led the first team of American astornauts to leave Earth's orbit and circle the Moon on Apollo 8, while trevor's parents Edward Stramler, and Kerrie Stramler, look on during Pima Air & Space Museum's 30th anniversary celebration, Monday May 8, 2006 in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by James S. Wood Arizona Daily Star
Frank Borman
- Mike Christy / for the Arizona Daily Star
Retired NASA astronaut Frank Borman signs fifth-grader Derek Contreras' arm Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 in Tucson, Ariz. after speaking with students from Mission Manor Elementary School about his trips to space. Col. Borman served as commander of the Gemini 7 and Apollo 8 missions in the 1960s. (Mike Christy / for the Arizona Daily Star)
Frank Borman
- Jack Shaeffer
Astronaut Frank Borman is an old Tucson High Badger. He was a quarterback on the championship football team of 1946 and was made an honorary member of the championship Badger team of 1965 yesterday at Tucson ceremonies hailing his epic space flight. But up to yesterday Borman had never seen a live Badger. He was introduced to this badger by Hal Gras of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum staff. Photo taken Jan. 10, 1966.
Frank Borman
- Jack Shaeffer
Tucson astronaut Frank Borman and Frank Mendez hold Tucson High School's 1965 championship game football yesterday which the spaceman signed after being named an honorary team member. Mendez played linebacker for the THS grid squad. Mendez drew laughter from the University of Arizona stadium audience when he said Borman signed the ball "to encourage other THS graduates to attain the heights you have reached."
Frank Borman
- Harvey Georges
President Richard Nixon ushers Frank Borman to a White House microphone in Washington, on Jan. 30, 1969 after announcing that the moon-circling astronaut and his family will make an eight-nation goodwill tour of Western Europe. Wither them are the other two Apollo 8 astronauts are James Lovell, and William Anders, right. The Borman's will leave Sunday for visits to Great Britain, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, West Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal. (AP Photo/ Harvey Georges )
Frank Borman
- ASSOCIATED PRESS
A December 1968 file photo picture shows the Apollo 8 crew, from left: commander Frank Borman, command modul pilot James A. Lovell, Jr., and lunar module pilot William A. Anders. Dec. 21, 2008 sees the 40th anniversary of the launch of the Apollo 8 mission bringing Mission Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot James Lovell and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders as the first humans ever to another celestial body. The mission during which the Apollo 8 crew became the first humans to see the far side of the Moon, paved the way for later missions including Apollo 11 to land the first man on the Moon in 1969. (AP Photo/Stf, File)
Frank Borman
- Dale Fulkerson
Retired astronaut Col. Frank Borman poses on the wing of his 1944 vintage P-51 Mustang Sunday, Dec. 20, 1998, in his hanger at the Las Cruces International Airport in New Mexico. Borman, now 70, was one of three astronauts on the Apollo 8 mission that flew around the moon Dec. 21, 1968. Monday marks the 30th anniversary of the launch of that mission. (AP Photo/Dale Fulkerson)
Frank Borman
- Mike Christy / for the Arizona Daily Star
Retired NASA astronaut Frank Borman signs fifth-grader Angelita MuΓ±oz's arm Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 in Tucson, Ariz. after speaking with students from Mission Manor Elementary School about his trips to space. (Mike Christy / for the Arizona Daily Star)
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Borman, whose Christmas Eve 1968 orbit of the moon captivated the world, was a graduate of Tucson High and is namesake of Frank Borman Elementary School in Tucson.
On Christmas Eve 1968, the Apollo 8 astronauts read from the Book of Genesis in a live telecast to Earth as they circled the moon.Β
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