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It was unveiled on July 12, 2019, as part of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 mission, which marked the first human landing on Moon on July 20, 1969. [2] The statue was placed in the Moon Tree Garden, a small park area near Apollo and Saturn V Center in the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, near the city of Titusville ...
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Michael "Mike" Collins (October 31, 1930 – April 28, 2021) was an American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11 command module Columbia around the Moon in 1969 while his crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, made the first crewed landing on the surface.
The Apollo 11 Saturn V space vehicle lifts off with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. at 9:32 am. EDT July 16, 1969, from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A.
"Apollo 11 was a little different than some of the other flights," Collins explained. The three had never served together on the same spaceflight before, and the "almost frantic" preparation left ...
Collins flew Apollo 11's command module around the Moon as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin visited the surface.
(Reuters) -American astronaut Michael Collins, who as pilot of the Apollo 11 command module stayed behind on July 20, 1969, while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin traveled to the lunar surface to ...
Its photo gallery FAQ states that all of the images in the photo gallery are in the public domain "Unless otherwise noted." This image or video was catalogued by Johnson Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: S69-31742 .