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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.
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“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 Apollo 11 mission that, on 20 July 1969, saw human feet set on the Moon for the first time in human history.