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Died: April 28, 2021. MICHAEL COLLINS became fed up with answering the question about once having been the loneliest man in the universe as he circled the Moon in 1969. Eventually, he cautioned interviewers that he would throw them out of the room if the question was put to him. What that suggests is the Apollo 11 astronaut had a rocket fuse that could go off at any time. But that wasn’t the case at all. Collins, it transpires, was simply irritated by the repetition. “I wasn’t lonely while I waited for the docking procedure”, he once explained. “I was alone. But that’s not the same thing. I was happy to be in the spaceship, happy to do my job.” ....
Michael Collins, who has died of cancer aged 90, was the often forgotten third man on the historic 1969 Apollo 11 space mission. While Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon, he was circling it in the Columbia command module. With 650 million television viewers watching worldwide, Armstrong declared to those observing nervously back at Nasa’s mission control in Texas: “Houston. Tranquillity base here. The. ....
‘Forgotten’ Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins Dies Aged 90
The third astronaut who was on board the Apollo 11, Michael Collins, has passed away at the age of 90.
Collins is referred to as the ‘forgotten’ astronaut since during the successful space mission of Apollo 11, he remained in orbit piloting while crewmates Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took the first step on the lunar surface on July 20, 1969.
In a statement posted on Twitter, his family confirmed that Collins passed away on April 28 after a valiant battle with cancer, writing, ‘ Please join us in fondly remembering his sharp wit, his quiet sense of purpose, and his wise perspective, which he gained both from looking back at Earth from the vantage of space and gazing across calm waters from the deck of his fishing boat.’ ....
Scientific American Collins piloted the command module while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin touched down in 1969 Print Michael Collins at Apollo 11 Command Module, practicing docking hatch removal from CM simulator at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, June 28, 1969. Credit: Getty Images Advertisement Gemini and Apollo astronaut Michael Collins, who orbited the moon during the world’s first lunar landing mission, has died at the age of 90. Collins’ death on Wednesday (April 28) was made known by his family and NASA. “We regret to share that our beloved father and grandfather passed away today, after a valiant battle with cancer. He spent his final days peacefully, with his family by his side,” Collins’ family said in a statement. “Mike always faced the challenges of life with grace and humility, and faced this, his final challenge, in the same way. We will miss him terribly. Yet we also know how lucky Mike felt to have lived the lif ....
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