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“It’s human nature to stretch, to go, to see, to understand,” Collins said on the 10th anniversary of the moon landing in 1979. “Exploration is not a choice really — it’s an imperative, and it’s simply a matter of timing as to when the option is exercised.” Collins spent the eight-day mission piloting the command module,. While Armstrong and Aldrin descended to the moon’s surface in the lunar lander, Eagle, Collins remained alone in the command module, Columbia. “I guess you’re about the only person around that doesn’t have TV coverage of the scene,” Mission Control ...

Associated Press Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who piloted the ship from which Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin left to make their historic first steps on the moon in 1969, died Wednesday of cancer, his family said. He was 90. Collins was part of the three-man Apollo 11 crew that effectively ended the space race between the United States and Russia and fulfilled President John F. Kennedy’s challenge to reach the moon by the end of the 1960s. Though he traveled some 238,000 miles to the moon and came within 69 miles, Collins never set foot on the lunar surface like his crewmates Aldrin ...

“It’s human nature to stretch, to go, to see, to understand,” Collins said on the 10th anniversary of the moon landing in 1979. “Exploration is not a choice really — it’s an imperative, and it’s simply a matter of timing as to when the option is exercised.” Collins spent the eight-day mission piloting the command module,. While Armstrong and Aldrin descended to the moon’s surface in the lunar lander, Eagle, Collins remained alone in the command module, Columbia. “I guess you’re about the only person around that doesn’t have TV coverage of the scene,” Mission Control ...

Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins Has Passed Away at the Age of 90 Matt Blitz © Science & Society Picture Library - Getty Images Michael Collins, the American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11 Columbia command module around the moon, died on April 28, 2021 at age 90, after battling cancer. Michael Collins, the American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11Columbia command module around the moon by himself while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the lunar surface, passed away on April 28, 2021 at age 90, after battling cancer. While Armstrong and Aldrin were the first ...

Astronaut Michael Collins, Apollo 11 pilot, dead of cancer Published: April 28, 2021 1:15 PM EDT Updated: April 28, 2021 11:23 PM EDT Recommended Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who orbited the moon alone while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made their historic first steps on the lunar surface, died Wednesday. He was 90. Collins died of cancer in Naples, Florida. “Mike always faced the challenges of life with grace and humility, and faced this, his final challenge, in the same way,” his family said in a statement. Collins was part of the three-man Apollo 11 crew that in 1969 effectiv...