Still, it was quite a shock to learn today that astronaut Michael Collins passed away today at the age of 90. Collins made his trip to the Moon aboard Apollo 11, the mission which would see his ...

Belgian artist Paul Van Hoeydonck (right) presents Apollo astronaut Michael Collins, director of the National Air and Space ...

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who orbited the moon alone while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made their historic first steps on the lunar surface, died Wednesday. He was 90. Collins died ...

However, there was a third astronaut who traveled to the Moon but did not walk on its surface: Michael Collins, who operated the command module while Armstrong and Aldrin conducted their exploration.

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Joan’s expectations were of her age; she wanted to be a wife, quickly. Pat Finnegan and Michael Collins met at an airbase in France, where she too was employed by the Air Force in a civilian role.

On July 20, 1969, the world watched on as the US made space history with its ambitious Apollo 11 mission. Neil Armstrong and ...