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    Michael Collins (astronaut)

    American astronaut (–)

    Michael Collins

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    Born()October 31,

    Rome, Italy

    DiedApril 28, () (aged&#;90)

    Naples, Florida, U.S.

    Resting placeArlington National Cemetery
    EducationUnited States Military Academy (BS)
    Awards
    Spouse

    Patricia Finnegan

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    Children3, including Kate
    Relatives
    Space career
    RankMajor General, USAF

    Time in space

    		11d 2h 4m
    SelectionNASA Group 3 ()

    Total EVAs

    		2

    Total EVA time

    		1h 28m
    MissionsGemini 10
    Apollo 11

    Mission insignia

    In office
    January 6, &#;– April 11,
    PresidentRichard Nixon
    Preceded byDixon Donnelley
    Succeeded byCarol Laise
    Years&#;of service
    • – (active)
    • – (reserve)

    Michael "Mike" Collins (October 31, – April 28, ) was an American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11command module Columbia around the Moon in while

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    Biography &#; A Life of Service and Accomplishment

    Buzz Aldrin grew up in Montclair, New Jersey. His mother, Marion Moon, was the daughter of an Army Chaplain and his father Edwin Eugene Aldrin was an aviation pioneer. Buzz graduated one year early from Montclair High School and he attended the US Military Academy at West Point, graduating third in his class with a BS in mechanical engineering. He then joined the Air Force where he flew F86 Sabre Jets in 66 combat missions in Korea, shot down two MIG′s, and was decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross. After a tour of duty in Germany flying F′s, he earned his Doctorate of Science in Astronautics at MIT and wrote his thesis on Manned Orbital Rendezvous.

     

    Selected by NASA in into the third group of astronauts, Aldrin was the first with a doctorate and became known as “Dr. Rendezvous.” The docking and rendezvous techniques he devised for spacecraft in Earth and lunar orbit became critical to the success of the Gemini and

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    Apollo 11 Crew
    Ronald B. Anderson (born )
    Oil on prepared board, , T/NPG
    National Portrait galleri,
    Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William D. Blakemore, Midland, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. Omar Harvey, Dallas, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Keitz, Dallas, Texas; Col. and Mrs. Thomas A. P. Krock, Dallas, Texas; Mr. and Mrs.W. R. Lloyd, Jr., Houston, Texas; Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Maxfield, Dallas, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Nagorny, Jr., Houston, Texas; Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Renfrow, Dallas, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Taylor, Dallas, Texas; Dr. and Mrs. J. Robert Terry, Miami, Florida; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Young, Dallas, Texas; anonymous donor

    With "one small step for man, and one giant leap for mankind," at p.m. EDT on July 20, , astronaut Neil Alden Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon's surface. The successful Apollo 11 uppdrag fulfilled the challenge that President John F. Kennedy had issued to församling on May 25, to se