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Michael Collins, ‘Third Man’ of the Moon Landing, Dies at 90
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Courtesy NASA
Michael Collins (AMP 69, 1974), pilot of the historic 1969 Apollo 11 voyage, died this week in Florida.
Collins played a critical support role on that mission as his crewmates Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the lunar module Eagle on the moon’s surface and began their exploration. As he recalled in an Atlantic article from 2019—the 50th anniversary of the mission—he circled the moon for a day after dropping off Armstrong and Aldrin, admiring the views. “But for Collins, the finest sight was the lunar module returning, a small dot moving in the distance, a speck of black against the gleaming gray,” the Atlantic article notes. “Soon Neil and Buzz would be back inside. They could all go home.”
President Biden released a statement on Collins’s passing noting that “(h)e may not have received equal glory, but he was an equal partner, reminding our nation about the importance of collaboration in service of great goals. From his vantage point high above the Earth, he reminded us of the fragility of our own planet, and called on us to care for it like the treasure it is.”
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