E' morto Borman, primo astronauta che orbitò attorno alla Luna

epa04000723 A handout picture released by NASA on 25 December 2013 shows a view of planet Earth seen from the Moon, at space, 24 December 1968. The Apollo Eight crew flew from Earth to the Moon and back again. Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders were launched atop a Saturn V rocket on 21 December 1968, circled the Moon ten times in their command module, and returned to Earth on 27 December 1968. The Apollo Eight mission's impressive list of firsts includes: the first humans to journey to the Earth's Moon, the first to fly using the Saturn V rocket, and the first to photograph the Earth from deep space. As the Apollo Eight command module rounded the far side of the Moon on 24 December 1968, the crew could look toward the lunar horizon and see the Earth appear to rise, due to their spacecraft's orbital motion. Their famous picture of a distant blue Earth above the Moon's limb was a marvelous gift to the world. EPA/NASA HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY