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Welcome to Wonder Theory, your weekly space and science digest. This week, we remember Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, celebrate the discovery of a fluorescent amphibian, learn the fate of baby mammoths, and more.

Remembering Michael Collins Mother Earth lost one of her greatest sons on Wednesday with the passing of Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins. He became part of history when he was Command Module Pilot (CMP) of the mission that saw humans venture beyond our planet and on to the Moon. People mostly say, “He was the one that didn’t actually get to walk on the Moon” as though his part of the mission was somehow less valid and valued. But like the subsequent six CMPs his role was one that could...

Share The crew of Apollo 11: from left to right, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin. Michael Collins, an Apollo 11 astronaut for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), passed away this past Wednesday at age 90 after a battle with cancer. Collins was affectionately referred to as the loneliest man on the planet for being the command module pilot that flew a solo mission in space while his better-known colleagues, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong, set foot on the moo...

April 29, 2021 at 9:11 am Former NASA astronaut and Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot Michael Collins has died aged 90, his family have announced. Advertisement “He spent his final days peacefully, with his family by his side,” they said. Collins flew on the Gemini 10 mission in July 1966, which was part of NASA’s Gemini programme to conduct human spaceflight missions in preparation for the Apollo moonlandings. US President Nixon greets the Apollo 11 astronauts during quarantine on the rec...

In the post, NASA also quoted what Collins had said during a transmission to Mission Control on the trip back to Earth from the Moon on July 21, 1969. “This trip of ours to the Moon may have looked, to you, simple or easy… All you see is the three of us, but beneath the surface are thousands and thousands of others, and to all those I would like to say, thank you very much.” NASA further shared what the mission control stated during Apollo 11. “Not since Adam has any human known such so...

Michael Collins the ‘forgotten’ astronaut of Apollo 11 dies at 90 Collins remained alone in the command module for more than 21 hours until his two fellow astronauts returned Reuters April 29, 2021 Command Module pilot Michael Collins practices in the CM simulator at the Kennedy Space Center ahead of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, June 19, 1969. NASA PHOTO: REUTERS American astronaut Michael Collins, who as pilot of the Apollo 11 command module stayed beh...

Thank you to all involved in our clinical trials. finally tonight here, remembering apollo 11 astronaut michael collins and his journey to the moon. >> liftoff. we have a liftoff. liftoff on apollo 11. >> it was 52 years ago, apollo 11 landing on the moon. >> thats one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> astronauts neil armstrong and buzz aldrin stepping foot on the moons surface. >> mike collins alone now in the command module. >> michael collins staying back. he was the comman...

Astronaut Michael Collins. Source: Twitter/AstroMCollins When you think of the Apollo 11 mission, you think of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.  Many forget that while the first two men on the moon were conducting their first walks on our largest satellite, there was another man, far from home, completely alone, without whom the mission would have never been a success. Michael Collins, Apollo astronaut and “third man” of the Apollo moon mission has died at the age of 90 after a battle with...

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Astronaut Michael Collins, part of moon-landing Apollo 11 mission, dies at 90 Nelson Oliveira © Bettmann Astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission, studies flight plan during simulation training at the Kennedy Space Center. Astronaut Michael Collins, one of the three members of the historic Apollo 11 mission to the moon in 1969, has died after a “valiant” battle with cancer, his family said Wednesday. Collins, who was 90, died ...