[GEMINI 7] VINTAGE SILVER GELATIN PRINT OF FRANK BORMAN, CA DECEMBER 1965.

From the Estate of NASA Senior Photographer Bill Taub

[GEMINI 7] 

FRANK BORMAN, ONE OF NASA'S "NEXT NINE." CA DECEMBER 1965.

Vintage black and white silver gelatin print, image taken by Bill Taub, 10 3/4 by 13 7/8 inches, mounted on matboard; some toning to mat.

A STRIKING PORTRAIT OF FRANK BORMAN

Frank Borman was selected as an astronaut with NASA's second group (known as the Next Nine) in 1962. In 1966, while commander of Gemini 7, he set a fourteen-day spaceflight endurance record. Borman also served on the NASA review board that investigated the Apollo 1 fire. In December of 1968, Borman flew to the Moon as commander of Apollo 8, the mission known for the now iconic Earthrise photograph. During the Apollo 11 Moon landing mission, Borman served as the NASA liaison at the White House, where he viewed the launch and landing with President Nixon.