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Michael Collins
Michael Collins 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.
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Born 31 October 1930 · Died 28 April 2021 · Q104859
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2026· 2 entries
Public attention spiked: 3,411 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.9× the usual 882, with 3 article edits. Editors noted: Reformatted reference to match article style
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2023· 1 entry
Collins' ashes were interred in Arlington National Cemetery
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2022· 1 entry
India Today rated the claim “Video shows the collision of an under-maintenance Indian satellite with the International Space Station. American astronaut Michael Collins died during the incident.” Mostly false.
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2021· 3 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Michael Collins once joked with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin that, upon landing on the moon, they should say "'Oh my God, what is that thing?' then scream and cut your mic."” False.
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Died 2021-04-28.
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Collins died of cancer at his home in Naples, Florida, at the age of 90
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2019· 1 entry
Won Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy (2019).
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2013· 1 entry
Indie pop group The Boy Least Likely To released the song "Michael Collins" on the album The Great Perhaps
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2010· 1 entry
The Guardian: Michael Collins is 30 seconds from the truth about Irish history
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2009· 2 entries
“Spacecraft 107 – alias Apollo 11 – alias Columbia. The best ship to come down the line. God Bless Her. Michael Collins, CMP”
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“s safety. He was also concerned in the event of their deaths on the Moon, he would be forced to return to Earth alone and, as the mission”
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2008· 2 entries
Won NASA Distinguished Service Medal (2008).
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Was inducted into the Aerospace Walk of Honor in Lancaster, California
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2002· 1 entry
Awarded Washington State Book Award for The Keepers of Truth (2002).
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1999· 2 entries
Won Langley Gold Medal (1999).
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While celebrating the 30th anniversary of the lunar landing, Vice President Al Gore, who was also the vice chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution's Board of Regents, presented the Apollo 11 crew with the Smithsonian's
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1989· 1 entry
Some of his personal papers were transferred to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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1988· 1 entry
“s Adventure in Space (1988), a history of the American space program, Mission to Mars (1990), a non-fiction book on human spaceflight to Mars, and Flying to the Moon and Other Strange Places (1976), revised and re-released as Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut”
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1985· 2 entries
Awarded National Aviation Hall of Fame (1985).
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To start his own consulting firm, Michael Collins Associates
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1980· 1 entry
Took a job as vice president of LTV Aerospace
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1977· 1 entry
Awarded International Space Hall of Fame (1977).
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1976· 1 entry
As part of celebrations of the upcoming United States Bicentennial
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1974· 3 entries
Entitled Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys
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“s Journeys. The New York Times writer John Wilford wrote that it is”
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And in 1980 became vice president of LTV Aerospace in Arlington County, Virginia
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1972· 1 entry
Approved $13 million and contract authority of $27 million for its construction
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1971· 1 entry
And his term as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs ended on April 11, 1971
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1970· 6 entries
Won Hubbard Medal (1970).
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Awarded Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations (1970).
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Senator Barry Goldwater, a retired USAF major general, gave an impassioned speech in the Senate for funding of a museum building
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Career landmark: Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs (1970–1971).
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Collins took a job in the Department of State as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
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Conferred to them by Vice President Spiro Agnew in 1971
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1969· 6 entries
At 13:32 UTC (09:32 EDT), and entered Earth orbit twelve minutes later
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Won Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by Richard Nixon (1969).
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Awarded Order of Culture (1969).
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Won Cullum Geographical Medal (1969).
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While his crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, made the first crewed landing on the surface
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And the Congressional Gold Medal in 2011
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1966· 4 entries
Won NASA Exceptional Service Medal (1966).
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Collins was assigned to the prime crew of Gemini 10, but with John Young as mission commander, as White moved on to the Apollo program
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But there was still no funding to build it
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In which he and Command Pilot John Young performed orbital rendezvous with two spacecraft and undertook two extravehicular activities (EVAs, also known as spacewalks)
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1964· 1 entry
When a newspaper reporter was the first to his house
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1963· 1 entry
Collins flew in space twice
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1962· 2 entries
And the thought of being able to circle the Earth in 90 minutes
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After suffering a particularly bad hangover
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1960· 2 entries
Became a member of Class 60C, which included Frank Borman, Jim Irwin and Tom Stafford, who later became astronauts
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Also graduating from the Aerospace Research Pilot School (Class III)
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1959· 1 entry
A second daughter, Ann, in 1961 and a son, Michael, in 1963
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1952· 1 entry
With a Bachelor of Science degree in military science, finishing 185th of 527 cadets in the class, which included future fellow astronaut Ed White
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1946· 1 entry
Congress passed an authorization bill for a National Air Museum, to be administered by the Smithsonian Institution, and located on the National Mall in Washington, D
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1930· 1 entry
Born 1930-10-31.
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