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Michael Collins was a ‘vital life link’ for Apollo 11 – Daily Telegraph
Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins died aged 90 this week and was a vital part of the mission as he was orbiting the craft around the moon, according to ANU cosmologist…
Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins died aged 90 this week and was a vital part of the mission as he was orbiting the craft around the moon, according to ANU cosmologist and astrophysicist Dr Brad Tucker.
“He was the third member of Apollo 11, we obviously know Neil Armstrong the first to go on the moon and Buzz Aldrin afterwards, that only worked because Michael Collins was up in the command module orbiting around controlling it,” he told Sky News.
“He was proud of that job and he actually would…
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