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Courtesy of Astrobotic A rendering of what the “clean room” will look like at the Moonshot Museum, set to open on Pittsburgh’s North Side in summer 2022.
TribLIVE s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Museums are generally known as places where historic objects are stored and displayed. But a new museum dedicated exclusively to space is as much about the future as it is the past. Space robotics company Astrobotic announced Tuesday it is opening the Moonshot Museum, which it says is Pennsylvania’s first museum focused entirely on space. ....
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, 1969, three months before the launch of Apollo 11. Public Domain. ....
American astronaut Michael Collins, who piloted the Apollo 11 command module while his crewmates became the first people to walk on the Moon, died on Wednesday after battling cancer, his family said. Sometimes called the loneliest man in history because of his long solo flight while his colleagues loped across the lunar surface, Collins never earned the same global name recognition as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. But he was hailed as a lifelong advocate of space exploration: erudite and witty yet also self-effacing, maintaining in a 2009 interview with NASA that his historic accomplishments were 90 per cent blind luck and that astronauts should not be celebrated as heroes. ....
Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins dies at 90 Toggle share menu Advertisement Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins dies at 90 Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins speaks at a panel discussion on the 50th anniversary of the launch, in Cocoa Beach, Florida, on Jul 16, 2019.. (Photo: REUTERS/Joe Skipper) 29 Apr 2021 01:54AM (Updated: 29 Apr 2021 07:31AM) Share this content Bookmark WASHINGTON: American astronaut Michael Collins, who piloted the Apollo 11 command module while his crewmates became the first people to walk on the Moon, died on Wednesday (Apr 28) after battling cancer, his family said. Sometimes called the loneliest man in history because of his long solo flight while his colleagues loped across the lunar surface, Collins never earned the same global name recognition as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. ....
th at the age of 90 after battling cancer. Michael Collins made two spaceflights – he was part of the Gemini 10 mission that circled Earth in 1966 where he performed two spacewalks, and the second time was in July of 1969 when he was part of the first ever lunar landing on board the Apollo 11. While it was Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin who stepped foot on the lunar surface, Collins piloted the Command Module Columbia around the far side of the moon all by himself, earning him the nickname “the loneliest man in history”. In total, he spent over 266 hours in space. Prior to becoming an astronaut, he served in the United States Air Force where he flew F-86 fighter jets. ....