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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. Astronaut Michael Collins, Apollo 11 pilot, dead of cancer

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    Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who piloted the ship from which Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin left to make their historic first steps on the moon in 1969, died Wednesday of cancer, his ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Michael Collins, the 'forgotten' astronaut of Apollo 11, dies ...

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    (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 ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Michael Collins, Apollo 11 Astronaut, Dies at 90

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    Collins was the command module pilot for Apollo 11, the three-member spaceflight that first put man on the moon in 1969. ... “We mourn the passing of Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who ...

  8. Command module Columbia - Wikipedia

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    In 2019, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing, the spacecraft traveled around the country on a tour to museums in Houston, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Seattle, and Cincinnati. [6] In 2022, Columbia was taken off display as a part of the National Air and Space Museum's renovation. When the museum reopened in the fall of 2022 ...

  9. Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins dies at 90

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    Collins flew Apollo 11's command module around the Moon as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin visited the surface.