Frank Borman Signed Apollo 8 Mission Report.

BORMAN, Frank.

$975.00

Item Number: 147240

Houston, TX: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Manned Spacecraft Center, 1969.

Souvenir Apollo 8 Mission Report, describing the observations and objectives, trajectory, biomedical evaluations, and anomalies of the mission flight. Quarto, original wrappers, unbound. Signed on the front panel with a quote by Apollo astronaut Frank Borman from their famous Christmas broadcast from space, “From Apollo 8, good night, Merry Christmas and God bless all on Earth. Frank Borman Apollo 8 CDR.” In fine condition.

Frank Borman was an United States Air Force colonel, aeronautical engineer, NASA astronaut, test pilot, and businessman. He was the commander of Apollo 8, the first crewed spacecraft to leave Earth's gravitational sphere of influence and the first mission to fly around the Moon, and together with crewmates Jim Lovell and William Anders, became the first of 24 humans to do so, for which he was awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.