Apollo 11. On July 20, 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed in the Lunar Module Eagle and became the first humans to step foot on the lunar surface while astronaut Michael Collins ...

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Perhaps even more impressive, after taking a walk around, they climbed back in their lunar lander, launched off the surface of another planetary body (another first), rejoined the command module ...

Michael Collins was the command module pilot for Apollo 11, the spaceflight that took humans ... "Whether his work was behind the scenes or on full view, his legacy will always be as one of ...

Apollo 11 took-off from the Kennedy Space ... The crew was Neil Armstrong (Commander), Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin (Lunar Module Pilot) and Michael Collins (Command Module Pilot). The astronauts carried ...

Reflecting on the Apollo 11 mission, he stated, "This mission was designed for three men, and I view my role as ... Collins left his mark inside the command module, inscribing: "Spacecraft 107 ...