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Michael Collins

American astronaut (1930–2021)

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Michael Collins was an American astronaut who flew on the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 and orbited the Moon while his crewmates Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on its surface. He is historically significant as a key member of the first crewed lunar landing mission, one of humanity's greatest technological achievements.

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Collins (born October 31, 1930 in Rome, Italy) was a former American astronaut and test pilot. Selected as part of the third group of fourteen astronauts in 1963, he flew in space twice. His first spaceflight was Gemini 10, in which he and command pilot John Young performed two rendezvous with different spacecraft and Collins undertook two EVAs. His…

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Hazardous Journey - The Apollo 11 Moon Landing — Self (archive footage)2024
Apollo 11: Quarantine — Himself2021
Apollo: The Forgotten Films — Self (voice)2019
Apollo 11 — Self (archive footage)2019
The Day We Walked on the Moon — Self2019
Als keiner schlafen wollte - Die Mondlandung — Self (archive footage)2019
On Camera: Fifteen Apollo Astronauts and Their Experience of a Lifetime2019
8 Days: To the Moon and Back — Self (archive footage)2019
Chasing the Moon — Self2019
First Man on the Moon — Himself2012

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Instance of: human
Part of: NASA Astronaut Group 3
Given name: Michael
Family name: Collins
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Rome
Place of death: Naples
Child: Kate Collins
Father: James Lawton Collins
Occupation: entrepreneur
Employer: Smithsonian Institution
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Field of work: space exploration
Military branch: United States Air Force
Military rank: brigadier general
Image: Michael Collins (S69-31742, restoration).jpg
Work location: Florida

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different from: Michael Collins
Commons category: Michael Collins (astronaut)
date of birth: 1930-10-31
P450: Apollo 11
member of the crew of: Apollo 11
time in space: 15964.716666667
social media followers: 94742
topic's main category: Category:Michael Collins (astronaut)
date of death: 2021-04-28
manner of death: natural causes
cause of death: cancer
birth name: Michael Collins
writing language: English language
place of burial: Arlington National Cemetery
name in native language: Mike Collins

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Michael Collins (October 31, 1930 – April 28, 2021) was an American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11 command module Columbia around the Moon in 1969 while his crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, made the first crewed landing on the surface. He was also a test pilot and major general in the U.S. Air Force Reserve.

Born in Rome, where his father was serving as the U.S. military attaché, Collins graduated in the Class of 1952 from the United States Military Academy. He followed his father, brother, uncle, and cousin into the military. He joined the United States Air Force, and flew F-86 Sabre fighters at Chambley-Bussières Air Base, France. He was accepted into the U.S. Air Force Experimental Flight Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base in 1960, also graduating from the Aerospace Research Pilot School (Class III).

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