+ 1970 News Releases (7.6 Mb PDF file) - NASA

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industrial firm_ censinue an associavion with the space effort and to
devote a substantial amount of my 5ime through the _'eundatien to many
issues which have interestee _e for a long time."
2{ASA Adminis_raser_ Dr. Thomas O. Paine said_ "It is akmest
impossible to measure Col. Borman's contributions to our national space
effort. All of us vividly remember his Apollo 8 mission at Christmas
i965_ but he mean% much more to us as an inspirational leader_ an
engineer_ and a planner. He has reached a turning point in his
personal career and we wish him we!]__ F_owing that ne will continue
to contribute to this country. 'T
Norman is also a direevor of O-obal Universal Sciences of Midland_
Texas.
Prior to the hisvorical Apollo 8 flight around the moon in Decemoer
1968_ Col. Norman per{'ormed a variety of special duvies_ incluming
backup cormaand pilot for the Gemini 4 flight and member of %he Apollo
sO4 Review Board.
Be was command pilot of %he Gemini mission_ iaunched December 4_
1965_ and participated in establishing a number of snaee "firsts"---
among which are the _irst rendezvous of vwo manned maneuverable spacecraft---
3emini / and Gemini 6. He became an asvronaut in September 196_.
Col. Borman entered the Air _orce after 6reduction from vhe U. S.
Military Academy and received his pilot training at Wi!liaras Air Force
3ase_
Arizona.
7rcm 1951 to 1956, he was assigned to various fighter squadrons
in the gnited Svates and the Philippines. He became an instructor o _'
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