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By Aaron Michael Jul 20, 2021 Today is such a monumental day in the history of not just the United States, but the world! 52 years ago today, man walked on the moon! At Rice Stadium in Houston, TX in September of 1962, President John F. Kennedy spoke these famous words that ignited the space race, " We choose to go to the Moon... We choose to go to the Moonin this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard..." This ignited NASA to develop the technolog...

NASA is returning astronauts to the Moon and eventually Mars with its Artemis  Program. The inaugural mission of NASA’s Space Launch System with an un-crewed Orion spacecraft, Artemis 1, is scheduled for later this year. Artemis 1 will fly a 21-day mission 280,000 miles from Earth — designed to test all systems. If successful, Artemis 2 will fly a probable repeat mission with four astronauts. Artemis 3 is scheduled for a crewed Moon landing carrying the first woman and the next man to set...

Michael Collins, Apollo 11 astronaut, has died at age 90 Michael Collins, the NASA astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, has died at age 90 after battling cancer. His family shared the news Wednesday after his passing on Collins’ Facebook page. “We regret to share that our beloved father and grandfather passed away today, after a valiant battle with cancer,” the statement read. “He spent his final days peacefully, with his family by his side. ...

Source: IANS Washington: NASA astronaut Michael Collins, who piloted the historic mission of Apollo 11 spacecraft Columbia in 1969, passed away on Wednesday due to cancer. He was 90. During the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, Collins remained in lunar orbit while fellow crew members Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the moon`s surface in the lunar module. When Armstrong and Aldrin descended to the moon`s surface on July 20, Collins was orbiting 65 miles above them and was momentarily almost f...

Michael Collins, Apollo 11 astronaut, has died at age 90 Michael Collins, the NASA astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, has died at age 90 after battling cancer. His family shared the news Wednesday after his passing on Collins’ Facebook page. “We regret to share that our beloved father and grandfather passed away today, after a valiant battle with cancer,” the statement read. “He spent his final days peacefully, with his family by his side. ...

Archyde April 29, 2021 by archyde © Steven Senne Third The day that the Apolo 11 touched the moon for the first time and its crew, Neil Armstrong Y Buzz Aldrin they became the first human beings to set foot on the lunar soil, Michael Collins I visualized everything from 110 kilometers high, just as excited but far from the lights that made his teammates famous. Collins, who unlike Armstrong and Aldrin never walked on the moon, piloted the command module while circling above Earth’s natural...

NASAs Apollo 11 mission astronaut Michael Collins passes away ​ By IANS | ​ 3 Views   Michael Collins orbited the moon in the command module Columbia during the historic Apollo 11 mission in July 1969.(Credits: NASA). Image Source: IANS News Washington, April 29 : NASA astronaut Michael Collins, who piloted the historic mission of Apollo 11 spacecraft Columbia in 1969, passed away on Wednesday due to cancer. He was 90. During the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, Collins remained in lunar orbit wh...

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...

th at the age of 90 after battling cancer. Michael Collins made two spaceflights – he was part of the Gemini 10 mission that circled Earth in 1966 where he performed two spacewalks, and the second time was in July of 1969 when he was part of the first ever lunar landing on board the Apollo 11. While it was Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin who stepped foot on the lunar surface, Collins piloted the Command Module Columbia around the far side of the moon all by himself, earning him the nickname �...

Astronaut Michael Collins has passed away Wednesday at the age of 90  Collins had been battling cancer for years, his family said in a statement Collins was part of the three-man Apollo 11 crew that first landed on the moon Unlike Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, Collins did not walk on the moon He stayed in the command capsule 60 miles above the lunar surface