Michael Collins, Apollo 11 astronaut, dies aged 900
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 29, 2021
Collins, known as the ‘forgotten astronaut’, kept command module flying while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon
Collins, known as the ‘forgotten astronaut’, kept command module flying while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon
The boot prints left by Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong are a tangible legacy of one of humanity’s greatest achievements — putting a man on the moon.
Just in time for the 50th anniversary of the moon launch, a group of local computer restoration experts has succeeded in getting a half-century-old Apollo Guidance Computer into working order. They even used it to “land on the moon.”
NASA’s Apollo 11 mission broke new ground in a lot of obvious ways. Landing humans on the lunar surface was a huge accomplishment, as was the first (and each subsequent) moonwalk.
Michael Collins revisited the exact site of the historic 1969 launch to the moon Tuesday precisely 50 years after his famous mission alongside fellow astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
Get these moon landing celebrations on your calendar for this summer!