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  2. Michael Collins (astronaut) - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Apollo 11 - Wikipedia

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    Apollo 11 was a spaceflight conducted by the United States and launched by NASA from July 16 to July 24, ... Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. at 9:32 am. EDT ...

  4. Carrying the Fire - Wikipedia

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    The book covers Collins's life as a test pilot in the United States Air Force; his selection as an astronaut and his spacewalks on Gemini 10 and historic flight as the command module pilot on Apollo 11. Collins presents some candid insights into his astronaut colleagues, including Neil Armstrong ("I can't offhand think of a better choice to be ...

  5. Command module Columbia - Wikipedia

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    Command module Columbia (CM-107) is the spacecraft that served as the command module during Apollo 11, which was the first mission to land humans on the Moon. Columbia is the only spacecraft of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission that returned to Earth. [1] [2]

  6. Apollo 11 in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    The 2018 film First Man depicts Armstrong and Aldrin as they prepare for, and then accomplish, the Apollo 11 mission. [38] The 2019 documentary Apollo 11 is a film by Todd Douglas Miller with restored footage of the 1969 event. [39] [40] 1969, a 2019 documentary series, devotes its first episode, "Moon Shot", to the Apollo 11 mission. [41]

  7. List of Apollo astronauts - Wikipedia

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    Michael Collins – Second-seat veteran on Gemini 10, flew as Command Module Pilot on Apollo 11. Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. – Second-seat veteran on Gemini 12, flew as Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 11, the first Moon landing. Richard F. Gordon Jr. – Second-seat veteran on Gemini 11, flew as Command Module Pilot on Apollo 12.

  8. Apollo 11 anniversaries - Wikipedia

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    A documentary film, Apollo 11, with restored footage of the 1969 event, premiered in IMAX on March 1, 2019, and broadly in theaters on March 8. [46] [47] On July 19, 2019, the Google Doodle paid tribute to the Apollo 11 Moon Landing, complete with a link to an animated YouTube video with voiceover by astronaut Michael Collins. [48] [49]

  9. Michael Collins - Wikipedia

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    Michael Collins or Mike Collins most commonly refers to: Michael Collins (Irish leader) (1890–1922), Irish revolutionary leader, soldier, and politician Michael Collins (astronaut) (1930–2021), American astronaut, member of Apollo 11 and Gemini 10 crews