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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 mean the difference between life or death for the Apollo crews. The were in charge of many integral...
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 moon for the first time in history. Portrait of Michael Collins in a spacesuit taken on April 16, 196...
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...
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 solitude as Mike Collins is experiencing during the 47 minutes of each lunar revolution when he's behi...