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Michael Collins

Born
Oct 31, 1930 · Aged 90
Died
Apr 28, 2021
Place of birth
Rome, Italy
Gender
Male
Movie credits
21
TV credits
1
Also known as (2)
  • Μάικλ Κόλινς
  • Mike Collins

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Collins (born October 31, 1930 in Rome, Italy) was a former American astronaut and test pilot. Selected as part of the third group of fourteen astronauts in 1963, he flew in space twice. His first spaceflight was Gemini 10, in which he and command pilot John Young performed two rendezvous with different spacecraft and Collins undertook two EVAs. His second spaceflight was as the command module pilot for Apollo 11. While he orbited the Moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made the first manned landing on the lunar surface. He is one of only 24…