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CinemaBlend Copy to clipboard Michael Collins, one of the astronauts vital to the success of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, has died. Collins, who served as an astronaut at NASA for seven years of his life, passed away at the age of 90 after a battle with cancer. News of Michael Collins' death was first shared by his family (which includes former All My Children star Kate Collins), who notified the public via the astronaut's social media platforms. Read their statement, which includes Collins' final wish concerning his death, below. We regret to share that our beloved father and grandfat...

Spaceflight Insider Derek Richardson Michael Collins during a crew photo for the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. Credit: NASA Former NASA Gemini and Apollo astronaut Michael Collins died April 28, 2021, after battling cancer, according to his family. He was 90 years old. In a statement from his family, they said Collins spent his final days peacefully with his family by his side. “Mike always faced the challenges of life with grace and humility, and faced this, his final challenge, in the same way,” the statement continues. “We will miss him terribly. Yet we also know how lucky Mike felt to ...

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 peacefully after spending his final days with his family by his side, according to a statement share...

American Opinion: The lesson of a little helicopter on Mars American Opinion: That little helicopter on Mars will make more flights, but it has no point except to expand our sense of the possible. If we can fly on Mars, we are capable of so much else Written By: Tampa Bay Times (TNS) | 7:30 am, Apr. 22, 2021 × American OpinionPaula Pandey Chhetri / Forum Design Center The little helicopter weighs only 4 pounds, and its first flight lasted a mere 30 seconds and reached an altitude of only 10 feet. But it did so on Mars. Stop and wonder about that for a moment. For the ...

The little helicopter weighs only 4 pounds, and its first flight lasted a mere 30 seconds and reached an altitude of only 10 feet. But it did so on Mars. Stop and wonder about that for a moment. For the first time, humankind has achieved powered flight on another planet. A feat that would be nothing for a 10-year-old child to accomplish with a backyard drone takes on new meaning when it happens 178 million miles away on a planet with 1% of Earth’s atmosphere. Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California didn’t know the flight had succeeded until more than three h...