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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Astronaut Frank Borman, commander of the first Apollo mission to the moon, has died at age 95

2008 AP

Astronaut Frank Borman, who commanded Apollo 8's historic Christmas 1968 flight that circled the moon 10 times and paved the way for the lunar landing the next year, has died. He was 95.

Borman died Tuesday in Billings, Montana, according to NASA.

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