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General Motors is going back to the Moon. General Motors is working with Lockheed Martin to develop a new Lunar Terrain Vehicle. (GM) The automaker, who helped Boeing develop the Lunar Rover Vehicle (LRV) used by the Apollo program astronauts is collaborating the Lockheed Martin to build a Lunar Terrain Vehicle as part of NASA's Artemis Program, which aims to return humans to the Moon this decade and establish a permanent presence on its surface. The specific design of the electric vehicle is still in the works, but the companies said that it would be feature autonomous driving te...

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 mean the difference between life or death for the Apollo crews. The were in charge of many integral...

NASA astronaut Michael Collins honored at Kennedy Space Center Remembrance ceremony outside the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Tags:  , KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – NASA astronaut Michael Collins, who orbited the moon alone while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made their historic first steps on the lunar surface, was honored Friday with a remembrance ceremony at Kennedy Space Center’s Visitor Complex. The astronaut died of cancer Wednesday in Naples. He was 90. [TRENDING: Ad The ceremony, meant to honor his life and legacy, was held at 10 a.m. on Friday outside Heroes & Legends featuring...

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 recovery ship USS Hornet. Credit: NASA Collins then flew with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the Apo...

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins dies aged 90 Michael Collins (1930 - 2021) NASA NASA NASA Apollo 11 astronaut Major General Michael Collins (USAF (Retired)) has died at the age of 90 after a battle with cancer. In 1969, Collins was the Command Module Pilot for the first crewed lunar landing, and remained in orbit aboard the Command Service Module (CSM) Columbia while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the surface. One of the third group of NASA astronauts chosen in the 1960s, Michael Collins was born on October 31, 1930 in Rome, Italy, where his father was the US military...