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NASA astronaut veteran Frank Borman has died aged 95

NASA is mourning the passing of former NASA astronaut Frank Borman, who died in Billings, Montana, on Tuesday at the age of 95.

The historic event in 1968 was watched by an estimated 500 million TV viewers across the globe.

Astronaut Frank Borman, who commanded Apollo 8s historic Christmas 1968 flight that circled the moon 10 times and paved the way for the lunar landing the next year, has died.

Astronaut Frank Borman, who commanded Apollo 8s historic Christmas 1968 flight that circled the moon 10 times and paved the way for the lunar landing the next year, has died.

Astronaut Frank Borman, who commanded Apollo 8s historic Christmas 1968 flight that circled the moon 10 times and paved the way for the lunar landing the next year, has died.

The family that owns Americana Bookcraft near Division Street and North 33rd Street has been there for 41 years. With not many bookbinders in Montana and Wyoming, this a unique business.

The family that owns Americana Bookcraft near Division Street and North 33rd Street has been there for 41 years. With not many bookbinders in Montana and Wyoming, this a unique business.

Frank Borman, the NASA astronaut who led the 1968 Apollo 8 mission, the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon, has died at the age of 95, the US space agency said Thursday.Borman went on to command Apollo 8, where he became one of the first three humans, alongside crewmates Lovell and William Anders, to see and photograph the far side of the Moon.

Frank Borman flew on the Apollo 8 mission, the first NASA mission to leave low Earth orbit and reach the moon.