American astronaut, U.S. Air Force officer and test pilot best known as the Command Module Pilot for Apollo 11 in July 1969. While Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the lunar surface, Collins remained alone in orbit piloting the command module Columbia, making him one of the first three humans to travel to the Moon. He later served as NASA's Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and as director of the National Air and Space Museum.
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Defining ContributionOn the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, he became one of 24 Apollo astronauts to reach the Moon, which he orbited thirty times. 1 Notable Mission Cross-Tradition Connections
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flew the Apollo 11 command module Columbia around the Moon in 1969
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Michael Collins was born on October 31, 1930, in Rome, Kingdom of Italy.
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April 28, 2021 (aged 90), Naples, Florida, U.S.
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