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Frank Borman autographed commemorative postal cover honoring early Space Shuttle Main Engine testing at the National Space Technology Laboratories (NSTL), later renamed the John C. Stennis Space Center. The cover bears a George C. Marshall Space Flight Center cachet for “Space Shuttle Main Engine – Test 064, Engine 001” and is postmarked Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, June 24, 1976. Borman has signed prominently in black ink across the lower right.

Fine condition.

Frank Borman (1928–2023) was a U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut who commanded the historic Apollo 8 mission, the first crewed spacecraft to leave Earth orbit, reach the Moon, and orbit it in December 1968. Alongside James Lovell and William Anders, Borman helped pave the way for the Apollo lunar landings while delivering the mission’s memorable Christmas Eve broadcast from lunar orbit. Earlier, he commanded Gemini 7, completing a record-setting 14-day mission and participating in the first rendezvous of two crewed spacecraft with Gemini 6A. After leaving NASA, Borman served as a senior executive and later chairman of Eastern Air Lines.

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